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Electoral wardE05013009

Rother Vale ward, Rotherham

Rother Vale is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,614 residents in 3,486 households — 977 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rotherham constituency.

Residents, 20218,614council ward average 10,632
Households3,4862.47 residents per household
Density977/ km²about 8.81 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+10.1%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.1% · 698
5–97.0% · 600
10–157.6% · 652
16–193.7% · 321
20–245.3% · 457
25–3419.8% · 1,707
35–4923.1% · 1,987
50–6415.3% · 1,320
65–745.8% · 501
75–843.4% · 290
85+0.9% · 81

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.5% · 470
1 car or van39.9% · 1,389
2 cars or vans38.6% · 1,346
3 or more8.0% · 279
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.5% · 681
With mortgage49.9% · 1,738
Shared ownership1.4% · 48
Social rented15.8% · 552
Private rented12.9% · 451
Lives rent free0.4% · 14

Type of home

Detached house26.1% · 911
Semi-detached house45.4% · 1,581
Terraced house21.0% · 730
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 249
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
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.