Hoober ward

Ward description

Population

Ethnicity

Housing and Households

Employment, Benefits and Pension

General Health and Disability

Lifestyles and Specific Health Issues

Education

Crime and Anti-social Behaviour

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 and 2019

Data sources

Description

Hoober lies in the north west of the Borough, with a population of 12,982 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by three members of the Council. The ward contains the rural villages of Wentworth, Harley and Nether Haugh, as well as the much larger communities of Brampton and West Melton. The Manor Farm council estate, adjoining Rawmarsh, is also in the ward. The parishes of Wentworth (population 1,409) and Brampton Bierlow (population 4,846) cover most of the ward area with the exception of West Melton.

There is also housing and retail development at Manvers in the north east of the ward. Although most of Hoober ward is rural, the population is concentrated in the more urban areas and proportion of council renting is above average. Deprivation is low in Wentworth but there are some deprived pockets in Brampton and West Melton. Hoober ward features the large stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse and the surrounding parkland. The local landmark of Hoober Stand is located in the centre of the ward and is the highest point in Rotherham.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: +2043 (+18.7%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Hoober ward has increased significantly since 2011, this is as a result of new housing development.  The age structure of the population is younger than the borough average (reflecting the impact of the housing development and more families with young children moving into the area).

Ethnicity

Official population ethnicity data is collected and analysed every ten years as part of the National Census. Unfortunately, this breakdown is not included within the annual mid-year estimate statistics published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Local populations can change significantly during the lifetime of this dataset. Therefore, as a local proxy we utilise the annual School and Pupil Census data to create an estimation of the current ethnicity breakdown.

The table below provides the ward analysis of both the 2011 census and latest School and Pupil census by the ethnic groupings used by the ONS.

Hoober is among the 80% of wards in Rotherham where the white British population exceeds 90%, and the 60% of wards where the 2020 School and Pupil Census shows white British exceeding 90%.

Housing and Households

Dwellings in 2020: 5,624 (4,608 in 2011), Households in 2018: 5,614 (4,608 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Hoober has increased by 1,016 (+22%) since 2011 and there are an extra 1,006 households (+22%). These increases are higher than population growth (+18.7%) indicating a rise in average household size.

Semi-detached, detached and terraced houses all account for at least a quarter of owner-occupied homes in Hoober, which are the majority of households. There are few flats, mostly social rented although 66% of council housing is semi-detached.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 921 (808 houses and 113 flats), 16% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Hoober has a high proportion of local jobs in retail and wholesale, notably at Cortonwood. The ward still relies on opportunities elsewhere as local jobs were only sufficient for 46% of local workers.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of working age people claiming benefits in Hoober are below the Rotherham average.

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Hoober is below the Borough average.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 7.4% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 22.7% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Hoober had slightly lower rates of poor health and disability than the Borough average in 2011 and much higher than the national average. Disability benefit claims are below, but close to the Borough average.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 50% of health and lifestyle indicators are better (have lower rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a quarter of indicators are significantly better, particularly in terms of lower rates of obesity in children and deaths from all cancer. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

Compared to Rotherham average, Hoober ward is better for (has lower rates/less):

Obese children in year 6 and reception Year and children with excess weight in year 6 and reception year (e); deaths from all cancer and all causes under 75 years (c); smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014); incidence of breast cancer (a); severe back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011).

In contrast Hoober ward is worse for (has higher rates/more):

Deaths from respiratory diseases and stroke all ages all persons (c); hospital stays for self-harm (d); emergency hospital admissions for stroke (d); admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds (f).

Hoober ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth for men compared to Rotherham overall (0.2 years more life expectancy for men) however it has lower (worse) life expectancy for women (0.4 years less) (c).

The Top 5 better and worse indicators are shown below (see Notes):

Better than Rotherham average

Obese Children Year 6 (%) (b) 16 Rotherham 22.3

Obese Children Reception Year (%) (b) 9 Rotherham 11

Deaths from all cancer under 75 years (SMR) (a) 93.1 Rotherham 110.7

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (%) (2014) 6.1 Rotherham 7.2

Incidence of breast cancer (SIR / per 100) (a) 81 Rotherham 93.4

Worse than Rotherham average

Deaths from respiratory diseases all ages all persons (SMR) (a) 163.6 Rotherham 132.8

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (SMR) 118.6 Rotherham (a) 97.3

Hospital stays for self harm (SAR) 99.2 Rotherham (d) 84.3

Emergency hospital admissions for stroke (SAR) (d) 126.5 Rotherham 108.7

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds (Crude rate per 10000) (d) 140 Rotherham 126.3

Notes 

Hospital admissions, cancer incidence and death rates are standardised to England (England = 100) 

A ratio less than 100 is relatively better, more than 100 is relatively worse. 

These are based on 5 years data to produce robust rates at ward level. 

Cancer incidence data based on 2012-2016, children emergency admissions/A&E attendances 2013/14-2015/16, deaths 2013-2017, hospital admissions/stays/emergency admissions 2013/14-2017/18, children’s weight indicators 2015/16-2017-18, admissions for injury (children) 2011/12-2015/16.

Data periods: (a) 2012-2016 (b) 2013/14-2015/16 (c) 2013-2017 (d) 2013/14-2017/18 (e) 2015/16-2017/18 (f) 2011/12-2015/16. 

Data represents persons all ages unless otherwise specified. 

*Modelled prevalence (based on socio-demographic profile and small area population data) 

**Persons aged under 75. 

‘better’ and ‘worse’ based on differences over 10% from Rotherham average. 

Top 5 – Based on statistically significant or largest differences from Rotherham value. Ordering difficult due to comparing different measures (rates, percentages, ratios, life expectancy) 

Covid-19

Number of residents who tested positive for Covid-19
 (1st January 2020 – 21st March 2021)

Hoober ward has slightly below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 11th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Wath Acadamy

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

73.8% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019:

59.6% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

GCSE attainment in English & Maths - pass at 9-4 level (A*-C) - 2019

53.8% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

Primary and secondary attainment in 2019 was above the Rotherham averages.

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):  

Level 4 or higher 13.1% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 19.3% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 1106 (85 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 113 (20 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Hoober are less than half the Rotherham average.

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 & 2019

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a Government index for all areas in England. The 2019 index uses 37 indicators across 7 deprivation domains (themes) with a 2013/14 baseline. The IMD is only produced for Lower-level Super Output Areas (SOAs) of which there are 167 in Rotherham (around 8 per ward) and 32,844 in England, each with around 1,500 people. SOAs are ranked across England where 1 is the most deprived. Any rank below 3,285 indicates that an area is within the 10% most deprived areas of England.

Deprivation in Hoober 

Deprivation in Hoober is below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There are 2 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average, however both Brampton North and West Melton West are not within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is below average in Hoober for many age groups. Whilst children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, the level is still below the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Hoober is 26 (25 in 2015), below the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 11,388 (35th percentile).

Data Sources

2011 Census, ward population estimates: Office for National Statistics

Employment data: Business Register and Employment Survey, ONS (via NOMIS)

Benefit data: Department for Work and Pensions (via NOMIS)

Child poverty data: HM Revenue and Customs

Local Health Indicators: Public Health England. For non-commercial use only.

Hospital Admissions: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)

Modelled smoking prevalence estimates: University of Essex, Office for National Statistics and other sources.

Mortality: Office for National Statistics. (ONS)

Dwellings, households, council benefits, educational attainment: Rotherham MBC

Crime and ASB: South Yorkshire Police

Indices of Deprivation 2015 & 2019: Department for Communities and Local Government

Office for National Statistics sources licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Rotherham School and Pupil Census (January 2020)

Public Health England Covid-19 Situation Awareness Explorer (22/03/2021)