Electoral wardE05012996
Boston Castle ward, Rotherham
Boston Castle is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 15,237 residents in 6,100 households — 1,837 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rotherham constituency.
Residents, 202115,237council ward average 10,632
Households6,1002.5 residents per household
Density1,837/ km²about 8.29 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+15.9%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 936
5–96.4% · 973
10–157.7% · 1,177
16–195.2% · 795
20–246.9% · 1,052
25–3415.1% · 2,297
35–4919.8% · 3,012
50–6416.9% · 2,576
65–748.4% · 1,284
75–845.1% · 780
85+2.3% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.5% · 1,983
1 car or van40.0% · 2,438
2 cars or vans19.9% · 1,215
3 or more7.6% · 464
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rotherham overall: 63.6% owned, 20.7% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright28.9% · 1,765
With mortgage20.8% · 1,271
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented23.9% · 1,458
Private rented25.4% · 1,551
Lives rent free0.6% · 38
Type of home
Detached house16.4% · 999
Semi-detached house40.7% · 2,483
Terraced house15.9% · 970
Purpose-built flat22.1% · 1,346
Converted house2.6% · 160
Other conversion0.9% · 55
Above shop / office1.4% · 83
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012996- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 25
Council offices in this ward
CRotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilCouncil office · S60 1AECRotherham Investment & Development Office (RiDO)Council office · S60 1AETRotherham Town HallTown hall · S60 2THCRotherham CouncilCouncil office · S60 2ER
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrinsworth22.0% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned9,533DDalton & Thrybergh16.4% aged 65+ · 44.5% owned9,256GGreasbrough22.8% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned7,782KKeppel19.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned13,644RRother Vale10.1% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,614RRotherham East13.4% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned16,747RRotherham West16.5% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned14,619WWickersley North19.8% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned12,785
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.