Rotherham 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

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

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.

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.

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

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)

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

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

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%)

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)

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.

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.

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.

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)