Wickersley North 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

Wickersley North Ward lies in the east of the Borough, with a population of 10,275 (2019 population estimate). The ward is represented by three members of the Council. The ward covers the area of  Wickersley north of Bawtry Road, service by the North ward of Wickersley parish (total parish population 7,450) council. It also covers in the Dalton parish (total parish population 10,139) the South ward area of Brecks, and in the West ward areas of Flanderwell and Sunnyside. The south east Wickersley North is served by the Bramley parish (total parish population 7,812) council West ward.

Wickersley North is almost entirely residential, mainly of a suburban character. There is council housing at Flanderwell which is the main area of deprivation in the ward. Some parts of the ward, notably in Listerdale and Bramley Grange, are relatively affluent.

Population by Age

Population change since 2011: -176 (-1.7%) (Rotherham +3.2%)

The population of Wickersley North ward has hardly changed since 2011 in contrast to the increasing borough population.  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.

Wickersley North 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 2018: 4,402 (4,279 in 2011), Households in 2020: 4,383 (4,279 in 2011)

The number of dwellings in Wickersley North has increased by 123 (3%) since 2011 and there are 104 more households (2%).

Housing in Wickersley North is mainly owner occupied, mostly detached and semidetached. The ward has relatively high proportion of private and social rented housing, most of which is semi-detached.

Council Rented Properties in 2020: 410 (283 houses and 127 flats), 9% of dwellings.

Employment, Benefits and Pensions

Wickersley North has few jobs in production industries and a varied pattern within the service sector. High employment exists in construction, professional, technical, and scientific services and in health which are all above borough average. Employment levels in the ward depend on opportunities in other areas as local jobs were only sufficient for 13% of the working aged population, the joint lowest percentage in the borough.

Benefits and Pensions (ONS)

The proportion of people claiming benefits in Wickersley North is below the Rotherham average

Child Poverty 2019 (DWP)

Child poverty in Wickersley North is well below the Borough and national averages.

General Health and Disability

General Health bad or very bad (2011): 6.7% (Rotherham 7.6%, England 5.5%)

Limiting Long Term Illness or Disability (2011): 20.8% (Rotherham 22%, England 17.6%)

Wickersley North had rates of poor health and disability similar to the Borough average in 2011 and was much higher than the national average. The proportion of people on disability benefits is the lower than the Rotherham average although this hides a difference between relatively high rates for older people and lower rates for younger people.

Lifestyle and Specific Health Issues

Over 50% of health and lifestyle indicators are better (have lower rates) than Rotherham average. Additionally, a third of indicators are significantly better, particularly in terms of lower rates of deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years and emergency hospital admissions for COPD. The period the data relates to is shown as (a) to (f) below and explained in the notes.

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

A and E attendances in under 5s and emergency admissions in under 5s (b); deaths from all causes under 75 years, from causes considered preventable, circulatory disease all ages, circulatory disease under 75 years and coronary heart disease all ages (c); emergency hospital admissions for all causes and for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (d); hospital stays for alcohol related harm (Narrow definition) (d); incidence of colorectal and lung cancer (a); low birth weight of term babies (d).

In contrast Wickersley North ward is worse for (has higher rates/more):

Admissions for injuries in under 5s (f); children with excess weight reception year (e); deliveries to teenage mothers (d); emergency hospital admissions for stroke (d); incidence of breast and prostate cancer (a); severe back pain prevalence in people of all ages (2011); smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular and smoking prevalence at 15 years regular or occasional (2014).

Wickersley North ward has higher (better) life expectancy at birth compared to Rotherham overall (1.2 years more life expectancy for men and 0.6 years more 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 (2013/14-2016/17) 2.1% 3.4%

Deaths from circulatory disease under 75 years (2013-2017) 73.8 Rotherham 119.4

Emergency hospital admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2013/14-2017/18) 108.2 Rotherham 168.1

Deaths from all causes under 75 years (2013-2017) 92.9 Rotherham 115.9

Hospital stays for alcohol related harm (Narrow definition) (2013/14-2017/18) 92.8 Rotherham 110.3

Worse than Rotherham average

Deliveries to teenage mothers (2013/14-2016/17) 2.7% Rotherham 1.6%

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular (2014) 9.2    % Rotherham 7.2%

Admissions for injuries in under 5s (2011/12-2015/16) 166.9 Rotherham 134.1

Incidence of prostate cancer (2012-2016) 110.8 Rotherham 90

Smoking prevalence at 15 years Regular or Occasional (2014) 12.2% Rotherham 10%

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)

Wickersley North ward has below average infection rates for Rotherham and ranks 19th out of the 25 wards.

Education

Local Secondary School: Wickersley School and Sports College (Academy)

Early Years – Good Level of Development - 2019:

76.3% (Rotherham 70.3%, England 71.8) 

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

70.8% (Rotherham 59%, England 65%) 

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

65.9% (Rotherham average 51.9%)

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

Highest Level of Qualification (2011 Census):

Level 4 or higher 16.5% (Rotherham 17.4%, England 27.4%)

No Qualifications 24.1% (Rotherham 29.8%, England 22.5%)

Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Recorded Crime (2020): 244 (53 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 90 per 1,000)

Recorded ASB (2020): 197 (19 per 1,000 population) (Rotherham 25)

Levels of recorded crime and ASB in Wickersley North 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 Wickersley North

Wickersley North is well below the Borough average and in most of the ward is also well below the national average. There is 1 neighbourhood which is far more deprived than the ward average. Flanderwell is within the most deprived 10% of England.

Income deprivation is below average in Wickersley North for all age groups. Whilst children are more likely to be affected by income deprivation than adults, the level is still well below the Borough average.

The IMD is not published for wards but the average SOA score in Wickersley North is 21 (20 in 2015), well below the Rotherham West average score of 29 (28 In 2015), with an SOA equivalent rank of 15,776 (48th 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)