Keppel ward

Ward profile

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

Keppel ward map

Description

Keppel Ward lies in north west Rotherham with a population of 14,020 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by three members of the Council The western boundary is formed as the boundary of the Borough with the M1 motorway including junction 35. In the south east of the ward is the council estate of Kimberworth Park which is the most deprived area of Keppel. In the north west of the ward is the village of Thorpe Hesley with 4,110 residents, a mainly affluent area popular with commuters. In the centre of the ward is the landmark of Keppel’s column, from which the ward takes its name. The central part of the ward is more rural and includes the small village of Scholes with 340 residents.

 

Population by Age

2019 Estimate

Population

Percentage

Rotherham Average

Aged 0-15

2632

18.8

19.4

Aged 16-24

1285

9.2

9.6

Aged 25-44

3344

23.9

24.3

Aged 45-64

3978

28.4

26.9

Aged 65+

2781

19.8

19.7

Total

14020

100%

100%

Population change since 2011: -179 (-1.3%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Keppel ward has hardly changed since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population.  The age structure of the population is broadly similar to the Rotherham average.

 

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.

 

2011 National Census

2020 School and Pupil Census

Ethnic Group

Population

% Ward Population

% Rotherham Population

% Pupils living in Ward

% Pupils living in Rotherham

White British

13738

96.8%

91.9%

88.2%

80.8%

White Other

143

1.0%

1.7%

2.4%

4.7%

Mixed/Multiple

92

0.6%

1.0%

4.0%

3.2%

Asian/Asian British

95

0.7%

4.1%

1.9%

8.3%

Black/Black British

92

0.6%

0.8%

2.3%

1.6%

Other Ethnic group

39

0.3%

0.5%

0.3%

0.8%

Not known

-

-

-

0.8%

0.6%

BAME Total

461

3.2%

8.1%

11.0%

18.6%

Keppel is among the 80% of wards in Rotherham where the white British population exceeds 90%. However, the 2020 School and Pupil Census shows BAME heritage accounting for over 10%.

 

Housing and Households

Dwellings in 2020: 6,151 (5,961 in 2011), Households in 2020: 6,180 (5,961 in 2011)

The number of dwellings and households in Keppel has changed since 2011, with dwellings increasing by 190 (+3%) and household numbers increasing by 219 (+4%).

2011 Census

Detached

Semi

Terraced

Flats

Total

Owner Occupied

860

2255

742

52

3909

Social Rented

32

733

434

382

1581

Private Rented

46

241

108

76

471

Total

938

3229

1284

510

5961

Housing in Keppel ward is a mainly owner occupied with a high proportion of semidetached housing, both owned and rented. There are relatively few flats, with the majority being social rented.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 1,494 (1,127 houses and 367 flats), 24% of dwellings.

 

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Employment by Industry (2019)

Number

Percent

Rotherham Average

Manufacturing & Production

                              35

3.0%

15.6%

Construction

                            140

12.0%

7.5%

Motor Trades, Wholesale & Retail

                            155

13.2%

15.6%

Transport & storage

                              20

1.7%

4.8%

Accommodation & food services

                            150

12.8%

5.9%

Information & communication

                              20

1.7%

3.3%

Financial & insurance

                              -  

0.0%

1.3%

Property

                              -  

0.0%

0.5%

Professional, scientific & technical

                              60

5.1%

4.0%

Business administration & support services

                              50

4.3%

8.6%

Public administration & defence

                              50

4.3%

6.0%

Education

                            300

25.6%

9.0%

Health

                            130

11.1%

13.8%

Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services

                              60

5.1%

4.2%

Total

                         1,170

100%

100%

Keppel has a high proportion of local employment in Education and Accommodation and Catering. Keppel has the joint fewest workplace jobs in any Rotherham ward, equivalent to only 13% of the working age population, with most working elsewhere.

 

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

   

Claimant Count

   

November 2019

2019 Percent

Rotherham Average

November 2020

2020 Percent

Rotherham average

250

3%

3%

525

6%

7%

The proportion of people claiming benefits of all types in Keppel is below the Rotherham average.

 

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Ward

Households with Children

Low income households 2017/18

Percent

2017/18

Low income households 2018/19

Percent 2018/19

Keppel

1,796

522

29%

523

29%

Rotherham (Total)

 32,268

12,112

38%

12,667

39%

Child poverty in Keppel is below the Borough average.

 

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 7.3% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 22.1% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

DWP Disability Benefits (2020)

Number

Percentage

Rotherham Average

Attendance Allowance (aged 65+)

         340

12%

13%

Disability Living Allowance (all ages)

         504

4%

3%

Personal Independence Payment (16-64)

         789

9%

9%

Total on Disability Benefits

      1,633

8%

9%

Keppel had rates of poor health and disability below the Borough average in 2011 but above the national average, a pattern also reflected in disability benefit claims

 

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 60% 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 deaths from stroke (all ages all persons), hospital stays for self-harm and incidence of breast cancer. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

 

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

Admissions for injuries in under 15s (f); deaths from stroke all ages all persons (c); emergency admissions in under 5s (b); emergency hospital admissions for stroke (d); hospital stays for alcohol related harm (broad and narrow definition) and for self-harm (d); incidence of breast cancer (a).

 

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

Children with excess weight and obese children reception Year (e); incidence of colorectal and prostate cancer (a).

Keppel ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (1.7 years more life expectancy for men and 0.7 years more for women) (c).

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

 

Better than Rotherham average

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (2013-2017) 62.5 Rotherham 97.3

Hospital stays for self-harm (2013/14-2017/18) 63.5 Rotherham 84.3

Emergency hospital admissions for stroke (2013/14-2017/18) 89.4 Rotherham 108.7

Incidence of breast cancer (2012-2016)  77.3    93.4

Hospital stays for alcohol related harm (Narrow definition) (2013/14-2017/18) 94.5 Rotherham 110.3

 

Worse than Rotherham average

Obese Children Reception Year (2015 / 16-2017/18) 13.5% Rotherham 11%

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 105.1 Rotherham 90

Children with excess weight Reception Year (2015/16-2017/18)  27.2% Rotherham 23.8%

Incidence of colorectal cancer (2012-2016) 115.4 Rotherham 101.3

Deaths from coronary heart disease all ages (2013-2017) 125.9 Rotherham 114.9

 

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)

 

 

 

Number of Covid cases per 1000 population

Ward

Total population (2019 Mid-Year Est.)

Total Covid cases

Ward

Rotherham

Keppel

14,020

1,019

72.7

76.3

Keppel ward has below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 17th out of the 25 wards.

 

Education

Local Secondary School: Winterhill School (Local Authority)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

71.3% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

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

63.5 (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

51.5% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

Primary and secondary attainment in 2019 was similar to Rotherham averages.

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 13.6% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 23.0% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

 

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 979 (70 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 325 (23 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Keppel 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.

Keppel IMD map

Deprivation in Keppel

Deprivation in Keppel is below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also above the national average. There are 5 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average, however only Kimberworth Park West is within the most deprived 10% of England. Kimberworth Park East, Kimberworth Park Roughwood and Kimberworth Park Central are all in the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England.

 

 

Indices of Deprivation 2019

 

 

 

Deprived of Income

Persons

Income deprived

Percent 2019

Percent 2015

Rotherham Average

All people

       14,184

               2,105

15%

17%

17%

Children 0-15

          2,647

                  520

20%

21%

22%

Working age 16-59

          8,059

               1,020

13%

14%

15%

Older people 60+

          3,478

                  565

16%

20%

16%

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

 

SOA Code

SOA Local Name

IMD Score 2019

IMD Score 2015

 IMD Rank 2019 

 IMD Rank 2015

IMD Decile 2019

IMD Decile 2015

E01007740

Kimberworth Park East

38.4

44.4

            4,754

                  3,323

2

2

E01007742

Kimberworth North West

24.5

25.4

                11,080

                10,666

4

4

E01007801

Thorpe Common & Scholes

13.0

9.5

                21,015

                24,886

7

8

E01007802

Thorpe Hesley Central

8.0

7.6

                27,071

                27,267

9

9

E01007803

Thorpe Hesley West

19.1

18.9

                15,153

                15,110

5

5

E01007804

Kimberworth Park West

44.0

41.6

                  3,248

                  4,039

1

2

E01007805

Kimberworth Park Roughwood

40.1

42.6

                  4,224

                  3,757

2

2

E01007806

Kimberworth Park Central

36.0

38.4

                  5,516

                  5,010

2

2

E01007807

Kimberworth Park South

28.0

30.8

                  9,043

                  7,832

3

3

E01007808

Thorpe Hesley East

6.9

6.2

                28,394

                28,956

9

9

 

 

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Keppel is 26 (27 in 2015), below the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 12,950 (39th 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)