Rotherham East 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

Rotherham East ward map

 

 

 

 

Description

Rotherham East lies in the central part of Rotherham, with a population of 17,499 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council Rotherham East is a compact urban ward, combining several residential areas to the east of Rotherham Town Centre. The neighbourhoods included are Eastwood, Springwell Gardens, East Dene and parts of Clifton.

The ward is the most deprived in Rotherham, with almost all neighbourhoods affected (see Index of Multiple Deprivation). Eastwood Village is a multi-ethnic area with much private rented terraced housing. East Dene is mainly council housing although many homes are now privately owned. Clifton has older private housing, mainly terraced. In the north of the ward is the Eastwood Trading Estate although most people rely on the nearby town centre for work.

 

Population by Age

2019 Estimate

Population

Percentage

Rotherham Average

Aged 0-15

4484

25.6

19.4

Aged 16-24

2106

12.0

9.6

Aged 25-44

4667

26.7

24.3

Aged 45-64

3995

22.8

26.9

Aged 65+

2247

12.8

19.7

Total

17499

100%

100%

Population change since 2011: +1022 (6.2%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Rotherham East ward has increased significantly since 2011, mainly as a result of increases in Eastwood.  The age structure of the population is significantly younger than the Rotherham average, with the percentage of children aged 0-15 being well above average, and the percentage of older people aged 65+ well below 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

12068

73.2%

91.9%

48.8%

80.8%

White Other

813

4.9%

1.7%

15.4%

4.7%

Mixed/Multiple

405

2.5%

1.0%

4.6%

3.2%

Asian/Asian British

2487

15.1%

4.1%

23.0%

8.3%

Black/Black British

371

2.3%

0.8%

4.0%

1.6%

Other Ethnic group

333

2.0%

0.5%

3.6%

0.8%

Not known

-

-

-

0.6%

0.6%

BAME Total

4409

26.8%

8.1%

50.6%

18.6%

Rotherham East is the second most ethnically diverse ward in Rotherham with over 25% from BAME backgrounds, including over 8% Asian heritage. Non-Britsh white make up nearly 5%. The school age population is more diverse, with over half from BAME communities. This includes 23% of Asian heritage. Non-British white, at over 15% is the highest for any Rotherham ward.

 

Housing and Households

Dwellings in 2020: 6,895 (6,498 in 2011), Households in 2020: 6,896 (6,498 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Rotherham East has increased by 397 (+6%) since 2011 and there are an additional 398 households (+6%). These increases are level in the growth in population (+6.2%), indicating average household sizes remained constant.

2011 Census

Detached

Semi

Terraced

Flats

Total

Owner Occupied

192

1583

643

128

2546

Social Rented

137

1594

491

678

2900

Private Rented

78

361

394

219

1052

Total

407

3538

1528

1025

6498

Most housing in Rotherham East is rented, with high proportions of social housing. Owner occupied dwelling account to 38% of all properties with the majority being semi-detached. Terraced housing and private renting dominate in the inner areas of Eastwood and Clifton but East Dene and Herringthorpe have mainly semi-detached housing rented from the Council. A significant proportion of social housing is rented from housing associations. The ward has the lowest proportion of detached houses in Rotherham.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 2,312 (1,952 houses and 360 flats), 34% of dwellings.

 

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Employment by Industry (2019)

Number

Percent

Rotherham Average

Manufacturing & Production

            710

20.7%

15.6%

Construction

            125

3.6%

7.5%

Motor Trades, Wholesale & Retail

            680

19.8%

15.6%

Transport & storage

            190

5.5%

4.8%

Accommodation & food services

            165

4.8%

5.9%

Information & communication

              30

0.9%

3.3%

Financial & insurance

              -  

0.0%

1.3%

Property

              -  

0.0%

0.5%

Professional, scientific & technical

              35

1.0%

4.0%

Business administration & support services

            205

6.0%

8.6%

Public administration & defence

            205

6.0%

6.0%

Education

            580

16.9%

9.0%

Health

            360

10.5%

13.8%

Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services

            145

4.2%

4.2%

Total

         3,430

100%

100%

The ward has a high proportion of employment in manufacturing and production activities, mainly in the Eastwood Trading Estate. The ward only has enough jobs for 32% of local working age residents, depending heavily on employment in neighbouring wards.

 

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

 

 

 

Claimant Count

 

 

 

Ward

November 2019

2019 Percent

Rotherham Average

November 2020

2020 Percent

Rotherham average

Rotherham East

705

6%

3%

1505

13%

7%

 

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Rotherham East is well above 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

Rotherham East

2,310

2,029

88%

2,068

 

90%

Rotherham (Total)

 32,268

12,112

38%

12,667

39%

The level of child poverty in Rotherham East is the highest of any Rotherham ward and is over double the borough average.

 

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 10.6% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 26.2% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

DWP Disability Benefits (2020)

Number

Percentage

Rotherham Average

Attendance Allowance (aged 65+)

         351

16%

13%

Disability Living Allowance (all ages)

         594

3%

3%

Personal Independence Payment (16-64)

      1,422

13%

9%

Total on Disability Benefits

      2,367

11%

9%

Rotherham East had higher rates of poor health and disability than the Borough average in 2011 and much higher than the national average. Claims for disability benefits are well above average.

 

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 85% of health and lifestyle indicators are worse (have higher rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a half of indicators are significantly worse across many areas but particularly in terms of exceptionally high levels of emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), deaths from causes considered preventable and from circulatory disease under 75 years and emergency hospital admissions for stroke. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

 

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

Smoking prevalence at 15 years regular and at 15 years regular or occasional (2014); incidence of breast and prostate cancer (a).

 

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

A and E attendances and emergency admissions in under 5s (b); admissions for injuries in under 15s and in under 5s (f); children with excess weight reception year and year 6, and obese children reception year and year 6 (e); deaths from all cancer all ages, all cancer under 75 years, all causes all ages, all causes under 75 years, causes considered preventable, from circulatory disease all ages and under 75 years, from coronary heart disease all ages, from respiratory diseases all ages all persons, from stroke all ages all persons (c); deliveries to teenage mothers (d)

Emergency hospital admissions for all causes, CHD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), hip fracture in 65+, Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and stroke (d); hospital stays for alcohol related harm (broad and narrow definition) (d); Incidence of all cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer (a); low birth weight of term babies (d).

Rotherham East ward has lower (worse) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (2.6 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

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014) 4.4% 7.2%

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular or Occasional (2014) 7.2% 10%

Incidence of breast cancer (2012-2016) 77.8 Rotherham 93.4

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 75.5 Rotherham 90

Hospital stays for self-harm (2013/14-2017/18) 84.2 Rotherham 84.3

 

Worse than Rotherham average

Emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2013/14-2017/18) 336 Rotherham 168.1

Incidence of lung cancer (2012-2016) 198.3 Rotherham 128.6

Emergency hospital admissions for stroke (2013/14-2017/18) 164.5 Rotherham 108.7

Deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (2013-2017) 178.2  Rotherham 119.4

Deaths from causes considered preventable (2013-2017) 170.3 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)

 

 

 

Number of Covid cases per 1000 population

Ward

Total population (2019 Mid-Year Est.)

Total Covid cases

Ward

Rotherham

Rotherham East

17,499

1,473

84.2

76.3

Rotherham East ward has well above average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 5th out of the 25 wards.

 

Education

Local Secondary School: Clifton Community School (Local Authority)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:58.9% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019: 55.3% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

35.1% (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 5.9%% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 30.5% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

 

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 1957 (112 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 468 (27 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Rotherham East are more than 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.

Rotherham East IMD map

 

 

 

Deprivation in Rotherham East

Rotherham East is well above the Borough average and the whole ward is well above national average. There are 6 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average. All neighbourhoods (excluding East Dene North West) are within the most deprived 10% of England.

 

 

Indices of Deprivation 2019

 

 

 

Deprived of Income

Persons

Income deprived

Percent 2019

Percent 2015

Rotherham Average

All people

       16,666

               5,625

34%

38%

17%

Children 0-15

          4,179

               1,570

38%

44%

22%

Working age 16-59

          9,534

               2,965

31%

35%

15%

Older people 60+

          2,953

               1,090

37%

42%

16%

Income deprivation is above average in Rotherham East for all age groups. Children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, with the level being double 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

E01007708

Herringthorpe South

46.3

44.5

         2,798

             3,309

1

2

E01007734

Herringthorpe North

54.5

50.9

         1,522

             2,067

1

1

E01007735

East Herringthorpe South

67.1

66.1

            397

                480

1

1

E01007736

Eastwood East

70.6

68.9

            252

                323

1

1

E01007738

East Dene North East

61.7

63.3

            766

                670

1

1

E01007739

East Dene East

65.0

63.8

            517

                623

1

1

E01007766

East Dene South

45.7

45.0

         2,907

             3,190

1

1

E01007768

Eastwood Central

59.6

65.7

            946

                500

1

1

E01007769

Eastwood Village

65.5

69.2

            497

                302

1

1

E01007770

East Dene North West

39.8

40.3

         4,308

             4,409

2

2

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Rotherham east is 58, well above the Rotherham East average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 1,491 (5th 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)