Electoral wardE05016583
Rockingham ward, Barnsley
Rockingham is one of 21 electoral wards of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 11,822 residents in 5,354 households — 1,156 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,822council ward average 11,646
Households5,3542.21 residents per household
Density1,156/ km²about 10.23 km² · Barnsley 744
Aged 65+22.4%Barnsley: 19.5% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 582
5–95.4% · 639
10–156.6% · 776
16–194.0% · 470
20–245.2% · 612
25–3412.4% · 1,464
35–4917.4% · 2,054
50–6421.8% · 2,572
65–7411.2% · 1,329
75–848.1% · 955
85+3.1% · 366
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.1% · 1,182
1 car or van42.4% · 2,271
2 cars or vans27.2% · 1,457
3 or more8.4% · 448
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Barnsley overall: 62.3% owned, 19.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.9% · 1,814
With mortgage29.2% · 1,561
Shared ownership0.8% · 44
Social rented21.3% · 1,142
Private rented14.4% · 772
Lives rent free0.4% · 22
Type of home
Detached house23.3% · 1,247
Semi-detached house42.4% · 2,268
Terraced house29.3% · 1,567
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 192
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.4% · 20
Above shop / office0.8% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016583- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 21
Council offices in this ward
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.