Swinton Rockingham 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

Swinton Rockingham Ward lies in the north east of the Borough, with a population of 8,296 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by two members of the Council. Swinton Rockingham covers west side of the small town of Swinton (population 10,810). Swinton is a varied ward with some pockets of deprivation such as the Fitzwilliam estate. However, the socio-economic characteristics overall are fairly typical of Rotherham Borough.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -70 (-0.8%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Swinton Rockingham ward has hardly changed since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population.  The age structure of the population is older than the Rotherham average, with the percentage aged 65+ being well above 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.

Swinton Rockingham 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: 4,003 (3,766 in 2011), Households in 2020:  3,989 (3,766 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Swinton Rockingham has increased by 237 (+6%) since 2011 and there are 223 more households (+6%). This increase has coincided with a small reduction in population, indicating falling average household size.

Swinton Rockingham has a similar housing mix to Rotherham as a whole, being nearly two thirds owner occupied with semi-detached housing being the most common type. There are few flats in the ward with most being social rented properties.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 793 (586 houses and 207 flats), 20% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Swinton Rockingham has over double the Borough average proportion of local jobs in manufacturing and also well below average proportion in public sector employment. Employment levels in the ward rely on opportunities in other areas as local jobs were only sufficient for 47% of working age residents.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Swinton Rockingham is level with the Rotherham average

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Swinton Rockingham is below the Rotherham average and well above the national average.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 8.4% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 25.5% (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 level with the borough average.

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 of emergency hospital admissions for stroke and COPD 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, Swinton Rockingham ward is better for (has lower rates/less):

Admissions for injuries in 15 to 24 year olds (f); children with excess weight Reception Year and obese children reception year (e); deaths from causes considered preventable and from coronary heart disease all ages (c) emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and stroke (d); incidence of colorectal cancer and lung cancer (a).

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

Obese Children Reception Year (2015/16-2017/18) 6.6 Rotherham 11

Incidence of lung cancer (2012-2016)     92.1 Rotherham 128.6

Incidence of colorectal cancer (2012-2016) 75 Rotherham 101.3

Children with excess weight Reception Year (2015/16-2017/18) 18.5 Rotherham 23.8

Deaths from causes considered preventable (2013-2017) 91.7 Rotherham 114.7

Better than Rotherham average

Deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (2013-2017) 84.2 Rotherham 119.4

Hospital stays for self-harm (2013/14-2017/18) 61.3 Rotherham 84.3

Admissions for injuries in under 15s (2011/12-2015/16) 86.6 Rotherham 107

Incidence of lung cancer (2012-2016) 105.9 Rotherham 128.6

Deaths from circulatory disease all ages (2013-2017) 91.4 Rotherham 110.1

Worse than Rotherham average

Emergency hospital admissions for CHD (2013/14-2017/18) 129.2 Rotherham 115.1

Emergency hospital admissions for hip fracture in 65+ (2013/14-2017/18) 116.5 Rotherham 104

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 98.8 Rotherham 90

Limiting long-term illness or disability (2011) 24.1 Rotherham 22

Back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011) 19.6 Rotherham 18.2

Severe back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011) 12.4 Rotherham 11.7

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)

Swinton Rockingham ward has slightly below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 9th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Swinton Acadamy

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019: 71.4% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

Key Stage 2 – Reached an expected level in Reading, Writing & Maths - 2019: 59.4% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

GCSE attainment in English & Maths - pass at 9-4 level (A*-C) – 2019 62.2% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

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

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 13.3% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 27.1% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 723 (87 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 171 (21 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25 per 1,000)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Swinton Rockingham are less 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 Swinton Rockingham

Swinton Rockingham is above the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well above the national average. There are 4 neighbourhoods which are more deprived than the ward average. No neighbourhoods are within the most deprived 10% of England, however Swinton North and Swinton Central & Bridge are within the 20% most deprived in England.

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

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Swinton Rockingham is 30 showing one of the highest increases in the borough from 26 in 2015. This is above the Rotherham West average score of 29 (28 in 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 9,360 (28th 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)