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Swinton Rockingham ward, Rotherham

Swinton Rockingham is one of 25 electoral wards of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 8,340 residents in 3,721 households — 2,341 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rawmarsh and Conisbrough constituency.

Residents, 20218,340council ward average 10,632
Households3,7212.24 residents per household
Density2,341/ km²about 3.56 km² · Rotherham 928
Aged 65+22.2%Rotherham: 19.6% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 410
5–95.4% · 450
10–156.9% · 573
16–194.0% · 335
20–245.1% · 427
25–3411.7% · 979
35–4918.1% · 1,509
50–6421.6% · 1,805
65–7411.6% · 970
75–847.6% · 636
85+2.9% · 245

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.1% · 897
1 car or van38.7% · 1,439
2 cars or vans27.7% · 1,033
3 or more9.5% · 354
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.4% · 1,357
With mortgage28.1% · 1,047
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented22.6% · 842
Private rented12.1% · 450
Lives rent free0.3% · 10

Type of home

Detached house20.0% · 746
Semi-detached house48.7% · 1,812
Terraced house19.5% · 726
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 360
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.7% · 27
Above shop / office0.9% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.