Electoral wardE05013011
Rotherham West ward, Rotherham
Rotherham West is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 14,619 residents in 6,218 households — 2,517 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rotherham constituency.
Residents, 202114,619council ward average 10,632
Households6,2182.35 residents per household
Density2,517/ km²about 5.81 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+16.5%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 889
5–95.9% · 858
10–157.5% · 1,099
16–194.8% · 702
20–246.4% · 934
25–3414.4% · 2,102
35–4918.8% · 2,750
50–6419.6% · 2,869
65–749.4% · 1,373
75–845.5% · 809
85+1.6% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 1,888
1 car or van41.7% · 2,595
2 cars or vans21.3% · 1,327
3 or more6.5% · 406
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rotherham overall: 63.6% owned, 20.7% social rented, 15.0% private rented.
Owned outright31.1% · 1,932
With mortgage24.1% · 1,499
Shared ownership0.9% · 58
Social rented22.9% · 1,426
Private rented20.6% · 1,279
Lives rent free0.4% · 24
Type of home
Detached house12.4% · 770
Semi-detached house45.6% · 2,833
Terraced house27.3% · 1,697
Purpose-built flat12.4% · 768
Converted house1.4% · 84
Other conversion0.4% · 26
Above shop / office0.5% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013011- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 East13.4% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned16,747WWickersley 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.