Rawmarsh 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

Rawmarsh East Ward lies in northern Rotherham with a population of 8,832 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. Overall, Rawmarsh is an urban area with 19,170 residents, split between two Rawmarsh wards. The ward has a mixture of residential areas with Parkgate having the most terraced housing. Central Rawmarsh and Parkgate are fairly deprived areas. The far south of the ward is a commercial and industrial area which includes part of Parkgate Retail World and industrial areas. There is open countryside on the western and northern fringes of the ward. The east of the ward includes the Aldwarke steel works.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -6 (-0.1%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Rawmarsh East ward has hardly changed since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population.  The age structure of the population is slightly younger than 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.

Rawmarsh East 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: 4,110 (3,877 in 2011), Households in 2018: 4,133 (3,806 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Rawmarsh East has increased since 2011, with dwellings increasing by 233 (6%) and there are 256 more households (7%). In 2020, there are 23 more households than dwellings in Rawmarsh East signalling a small housing shortage in the ward.

Most housing Rawmarsh East is semi-detached, and owner occupied. The proportion of social rented housing is above average, most being either semis or flats.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 1,054 (917 houses and 137 flats), 26% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Most employment opportunities in Rawmarsh East are based in transport, storage, and education. Production industries are well below borough averages. Employment levels in the ward depend on opportunities elsewhere as local jobs are only sufficient for 17% of local workers.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Rawmarsh East is above the Rotherham average

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Rawmarsh is below the Borough average.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 8.0% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 23.4% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Rawmarsh had rates of poor health and disability similar to the Borough average in 2011 but well above the national average and above average disability benefit claim rates.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 70% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a third of indicators are significantly wose, particularly in terms of higher rates of emergency hospital admissions for COPD and incidence of lung cancer. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

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

Deliveries to teenage mothers (d); emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (d); incidence of prostate cancer (a); low birth weight of term babies (d); smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular and regular or occasional (2014).

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

Admissions for injuries in under 15s (f); children with excess weight year 6 and obese children year 6 (e); deaths from all cancer all ages, from all cancer under 75 years, from all causes all ages, from all causes under 75 years, deaths from causes considered preventable, deaths from respiratory diseases all ages all persons, deaths from stroke all ages all persons (c); emergency hospital admissions for all causes, CHD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and for Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) (d); hospital stays for alcohol related harm (broad and narrow definition) and stays for self-harm (d); incidence of breast cancer and lung cancer (a).

Rawmarsh East ward has lower (worse) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (1.4 years less life expectancy for men and 1.5 years less for women) (c).

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

Better than Rotherham average

Low birth weight of term babies (2013/14-2017/18) 2.1% Rotherham 3.4%

Deliveries to teenage mothers (2013/14-2017/18) 1% Rotherham 1.6%

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 67.1 Rotherham 90

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014) 5.4% Rotherham 7.2%

Emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (2013/14-2017/18) 86.1 Rotherham 104

Worse than Rotherham average

Emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2013/14-2017/18) 269.5 Rotherham 168.1

Incidence of lung cancer (2012-2016) 177.4 Rotherham 128.6

Emergency hospital admissions for CHD (2013/14-2017/18) 151.4 115.1

Hospital stays for self-harm (2013/14-2017/18) 107 Rotherham 84.3

Deaths from all cancer under 75 years (2013-2017) 140 Rotherham 110.7

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)

Rawmarsh East ward has below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 22nd out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Rawmarsh Community School (Academy)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 63.9% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8)

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019: 63.6% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%)

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

42.4% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

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

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 8.3% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 29% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 873 (99 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 223 (25 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)

Levels of recorded crime in Rawmarsh East are slightly above the Rotherham average; ASB levels are on par with 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 Rawmarsh East

Deprivation in Rawmarsh East is well above the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well above the national average. There are 2 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average. Rawmarsh North East and Rawmarsh South are within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is above average in Rawmarsh East for all 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 Rawmarsh East is 37 (35 in 2015), well above the Rotherham average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 6,752 (21th 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)