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Rawmarsh East ward, Rotherham

Rawmarsh East is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 9,543 residents in 4,199 households — 1,536 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rawmarsh and Conisbrough constituency.

Residents, 20219,543council ward average 10,632
Households4,1992.27 residents per household
Density1,536/ km²about 6.21 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+16.6%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 613
5–96.7% · 639
10–157.8% · 741
16–194.3% · 408
20–245.6% · 537
25–3414.0% · 1,334
35–4918.3% · 1,751
50–6420.3% · 1,934
65–749.2% · 876
75–845.6% · 532
85+1.9% · 179

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.7% · 1,249
1 car or van41.4% · 1,739
2 cars or vans22.2% · 932
3 or more6.6% · 279
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.7% · 1,121
With mortgage27.1% · 1,137
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented27.0% · 1,134
Private rented18.3% · 767
Lives rent free0.5% · 23

Type of home

Detached house11.3% · 476
Semi-detached house54.9% · 2,305
Terraced house25.0% · 1,049
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 313
Converted house0.6% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 23
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.