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Electoral wardE05012995

Aughton & Swallownest ward, Rotherham

Aughton & Swallownest is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,328 residents in 3,517 households — 815 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rother Valley constituency.

Residents, 20218,328council ward average 10,632
Households3,5172.37 residents per household
Density815/ km²about 10.22 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+19.2%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 468
5–96.3% · 521
10–157.5% · 621
16–194.3% · 358
20–245.0% · 415
25–3412.2% · 1,019
35–4918.5% · 1,545
50–6421.4% · 1,782
65–7410.4% · 868
75–846.5% · 545
85+2.2% · 187

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.7% · 658
1 car or van39.6% · 1,391
2 cars or vans31.8% · 1,116
3 or more9.9% · 349
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rotherham overall: 63.6% owned, 20.7% social rented, 15.0% private rented.

Owned outright34.9% · 1,227
With mortgage34.6% · 1,218
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented17.7% · 623
Private rented12.4% · 435
Lives rent free0.3% · 10

Type of home

Detached house30.8% · 1,082
Semi-detached house43.9% · 1,545
Terraced house15.4% · 542
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 297
Converted house0.6% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.