Kilnhurst and Swinton East 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

Kilnhurst and Swinton East ward lies in the north east of the Borough, with a population of 7,402 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. The ward covers eastern side of the small town of Swinton (population 10,810), and most of neighbouring Kilnhurst (population 3,840). The socio-economic characteristics overall are fairly typical of Rotherham Borough. The south of Swinton is the most deprived area of the ward. There are industrial areas by the River Don and Swinton Bridge, adjoining Mexbrough. Swinton Railway station is situated in the ward.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: +324 (+4.6%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Kilnhurst & Swinton East ward has increased since 2011.  The age structure of the population is 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.

Kilnhurst and Swinton East 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: 3,239 (2,937 in 2011), Households in 2020: 3,484 (2,937 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Kilnhurst East Swinton has increased by 302 (+10%) since 2011 and there are 547 more households (+19%). In 2020, there are 245 more households than dwellings meaning a significant housing shortage in the ward.

70% of properties in Kilnhurst and Swinton East are owner occupied, with most of them being semi-detached properties. There are very few privately rented properties with nearly doubled the amount of social rented dwellings in the ward. A small proportion of dwellings are flats, and the majority are social rented homes.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 603 (390 houses and 213 flats), 19% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Kilnhurst & Swinton East has double the Borough average proportion of local jobs in education and also an above average proportion in construction. Employment levels in the ward heavily rely on opportunities in other areas as local jobs were only sufficient for 16% of working age residents.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of working age people claiming benefits in Swinton is below the Rotherham average.

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Kilnhusrt and Swinton East is below the Rotherham average and well above the national average

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 8.3% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 22.2% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Swinton had rates of poor health and disability above the Borough average in 2011 and much higher than the national average. Disability benefit claim rates are slightly below borough average.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 50% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a quarter of indicators are significantly worse, particularly in terms of higher rates of death from stroke, circulatory disease and deaths from causes considered preventable. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

Compared to Rotherham average, Kilnhurst & Swinton East ward is better for (has lower rates/less):

Children with excess weight and obese children in reception year (e); emergency admissions in under 5s (b); hospital stays for self-harm (d); incidence of breast cancer and prostate cancer (a); smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular, and at 15 years Regular or Occasional (2014).

In contrast Kilnhurst & Swinton East Ward is worse for (has higher rates):

Admissions for injuries in under 15s, and in under 5s (f); deaths from causes considered preventable, circulatory disease all, circulatory disease under 75 years, and from stroke all ages all persons (c); emergency hospital admissions for Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) (d); incidence of lung cancer (a); limiting long-term illness or disability (2011); obese Children Year 6 (e); severe back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011)

Kilnhurst & Swinton East ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (0.1 years more life expectancy for men and 0.4 years more for women) (c).

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

Better than Rotherham average

Incidence of breast cancer (2012-2016) 59.4 Rotherham 93.4

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 65.7 Rotherham 90

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014) 5.3 Rotherham 7.2

Hospital stays for self-harm (2013/14-2017-18) 70.1 Rotherham 84.3

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular or Occasional (2014) 8.5 Rotherham 10

Worse than Rotherham average

Deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (2013-2017) 172.1 Rotherham 119.4

Admissions for injuries in under 5s (2013/14-2015/16) 168.9 Rotherham 134.1

Deaths from stroke all ages all persons (2013-2017) 121.6 Rotherham 97.3

Incidence of lung cancer (2012-2016) 155.8 Rotherham 128.6

Deaths from causes considered preventable (2013-2017) 135.7 Rotherham 114.7

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)

Kilnhurst & Swinton East ward has below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 16th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Swinton Acadamy

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

67.1% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

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

48.5% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

50% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

Primary and secondary attainment in 2014 was below the Rotherham and national averages.

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 12.2% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 24.5% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 461 (62 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 120 (16 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Kilnhurst & Swinton East 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 Kilnhurst and Swinton East

Deprivation in Kilnhurst & Swinton East is level with the Borough average and in most of the ward is above the national average. There are 3 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average, with Swinton South being in the most deprived 10% of England.  

Income deprivation is above average in Kilnhurst & Swinton East for some age groups. Children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, with the level being above the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Kilnhurst & Swinton East is 29 (26 in 2015), level with the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015, with an SOA equivalent rank of 11,146 (34th 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)