Electoral wardE05013010
Rotherham East ward, Rotherham
Rotherham East is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 16,747 residents in 6,627 households — 4,330 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rotherham constituency.
Residents, 202116,747council ward average 10,632
Households6,6272.53 residents per household
Density4,330/ km²about 3.87 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+13.4%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 24.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 1,173
5–98.2% · 1,370
10–159.0% · 1,514
16–195.0% · 842
20–246.2% · 1,044
25–3414.8% · 2,485
35–4919.0% · 3,178
50–6417.3% · 2,893
65–747.6% · 1,278
75–844.3% · 726
85+1.5% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.1% · 2,592
1 car or van38.9% · 2,581
2 cars or vans16.2% · 1,077
3 or more5.7% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rotherham overall: 63.6% owned, 20.7% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright20.3% · 1,346
With mortgage19.3% · 1,279
Shared ownership0.5% · 36
Social rented38.6% · 2,555
Private rented20.7% · 1,372
Lives rent free0.6% · 39
Type of home
Detached house7.4% · 489
Semi-detached house54.5% · 3,610
Terraced house22.4% · 1,482
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 939
Converted house0.8% · 53
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.6% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013010- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 25
Other wards in the same constituency
BBoston Castle15.9% aged 65+ · 49.8% owned15,237BBrinsworth22.0% 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 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.