Electoral wardE05015178
Rother ward, Chesterfield
Rother is one of 16 electoral wards of Chesterfield Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,430 residents in 3,028 households — 4,311 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesterfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Hasland & Rother and Walton, Brampton & Boythorpe divisions.
Residents, 20216,430council ward average 6,473
Households3,0282.12 residents per household
Density4,311/ km²about 1.49 km² · Chesterfield 1,568
Aged 65+16.3%Chesterfield: 21.6% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 435
5–96.5% · 415
10–156.9% · 446
16–194.0% · 259
20–245.9% · 377
25–3413.9% · 891
35–4919.3% · 1,243
50–6420.4% · 1,311
65–749.1% · 582
75–845.3% · 341
85+2.0% · 127
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.3% · 1,098
1 car or van42.2% · 1,276
2 cars or vans16.8% · 508
3 or more4.7% · 143
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chesterfield overall: 62.6% owned, 20.8% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright23.5% · 713
With mortgage18.8% · 568
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented42.7% · 1,294
Private rented14.4% · 436
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house13.0% · 392
Semi-detached house45.1% · 1,364
Terraced house23.3% · 705
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 522
Converted house0.9% · 26
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015178- Council
- Chesterfield Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Hasland & Rother, Walton, Brampton & Boythorpe
- Constituency
- Chesterfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrampton East & Boythorpe19.7% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned5,879BBrampton West & Loundsley Green28.8% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned6,311BBrimington North15.4% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned4,254BBrimington South26.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned6,011BBrockwell24.8% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned5,806DDunston22.1% aged 65+ · 56.7% owned7,712HHasland23.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned9,142LLinacre25.4% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,055SSpire14.7% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned7,302SStaveley Central16.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned6,371SStaveley South21.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned7,655WWalton31.6% aged 65+ · 89.4% owned6,442WWhittington22.3% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned8,333WWhittington Moor17.5% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned6,046
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.