"To be and to feel economically secure is to live with dignity, to be able to seize opportunities and to have a sense of hope for the future. That requires sufficient and predictable resources, of income and wealth, in relation to the costs and burdens of life. But it also rests on secure work and a secure home, on education, on good health, and on support and time for caring. It is sustained by relationships of family, friends and community." — Graeme Cooke, Director of Insight and Policy, JRF.

This is the Economic Insecurity spotlight page for Rotherham.

Population claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance

Proportion of the population living in fuel poverty

Poverty index

This map shows the result of creating a poverty index for economic insecurity by combining a number of leading indicators of poverty into a single number in the range 0 to 1. A score closer to 0 means that the model is suggesting lower levels of economic insecurity in this area.

1 - Very High
0.75 - High
0.5 - Average
0.25 - Low
0 - Very Low
Anston & Woodsetts 0.530Aston & Todwick 0.530Aughton & Swallownest 0.530Boston Castle 0.530Bramley & Ravenfield 0.530Brinsworth 0.530Dalton & Thrybergh 0.530Dinnington 0.530Greasbrough 0.530Hellaby & Maltby West 0.530Hoober 0.530Keppel 0.530Kilnhurst & Swinton East 0.530Maltby East 0.530Rawmarsh East 0.530Rawmarsh West 0.530Rother Vale 0.530Rotherham East 0.530Rotherham West 0.530Sitwell 0.530Swinton Rockingham 0.530Thurcroft & Wickersley South 0.530Wales 0.530Wath 0.530Wickersley North 0.530

How to interpret the index

In the context of this model, a value closer to 1 indicates that a given place tends to rank higher relative to other places in metrics that we have identified as contributing to economic insecurity. This does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to experience poverty in those places, however.

How we calculate the index

The highest and lowest values will score 1 and 0, respectively, and everything else will fall somewhere in between. We create an average index across 6 metrics

This is a proof of concept. You can see the code and read more about the logic to create these stats here.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of Rotherham.

Rates of unemployment and economic inactivity over time

What's on this chart?

This chart shows labour market statistics for Rotherham.

Dataset

Labour market economic activity
Unemployment rate
Economic inactivity rate
YearJun 2005Jun 2008Jun 2011Jun 2014Jun 2017Jun 2020Jun 2023% of population010152025305Unemployment rate 2004-12-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2005-03-01: 3.9Unemployment rate 2005-06-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2005-09-01: 4.3Unemployment rate 2005-12-01: 4.2Unemployment rate 2006-03-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2006-06-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2006-09-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2006-12-01: 7.1Unemployment rate 2007-03-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2007-06-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2007-09-01: 5.5Unemployment rate 2007-12-01: 5Unemployment rate 2008-03-01: 5.6Unemployment rate 2008-06-01: 6.3Unemployment rate 2008-09-01: 7.8Unemployment rate 2008-12-01: 9.5Unemployment rate 2009-03-01: 10.3Unemployment rate 2009-06-01: 10.9Unemployment rate 2009-09-01: 12.2Unemployment rate 2009-12-01: 12.2Unemployment rate 2010-03-01: 10.8Unemployment rate 2010-06-01: 11Unemployment rate 2010-09-01: 9.1Unemployment rate 2010-12-01: 8.7Unemployment rate 2011-03-01: 9.6Unemployment rate 2011-06-01: 10Unemployment rate 2011-09-01: 11Unemployment rate 2011-12-01: 12Unemployment rate 2012-03-01: 11Unemployment rate 2012-06-01: 11Unemployment rate 2012-09-01: 10.4Unemployment rate 2012-12-01: 8.9Unemployment rate 2013-03-01: 10.6Unemployment rate 2013-06-01: 10.9Unemployment rate 2013-09-01: 12.2Unemployment rate 2013-12-01: 12.5Unemployment rate 2014-03-01: 11Unemployment rate 2014-06-01: 10.1Unemployment rate 2014-09-01: 9Unemployment rate 2014-12-01: 8.8Unemployment rate 2015-03-01: 8.6Unemployment rate 2015-06-01: 7.5Unemployment rate 2015-09-01: 6Unemployment rate 2015-12-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2016-03-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2016-06-01: 6.8Unemployment rate 2016-09-01: 8.1Unemployment rate 2016-12-01: 8.1Unemployment rate 2017-03-01: 6.7Unemployment rate 2017-06-01: 6Unemployment rate 2017-09-01: 4.7Unemployment rate 2017-12-01: 4.9Unemployment rate 2018-03-01: 5Unemployment rate 2018-06-01: 5Unemployment rate 2018-09-01: 5.9Unemployment rate 2018-12-01: 5.6Unemployment rate 2019-03-01: 5.4Unemployment rate 2019-06-01: 6Unemployment rate 2019-09-01: 6.2Unemployment rate 2019-12-01: 6Unemployment rate 2020-03-01: 6.1Unemployment rate 2020-06-01: 5.1Unemployment rate 2020-09-01: 4Unemployment rate 2020-12-01: 4.1Unemployment rate 2021-03-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2021-06-01: 5.8Unemployment rate 2021-09-01: 5.7Unemployment rate 2021-12-01: 4.5Unemployment rate 2022-03-01: 5.1Unemployment rate 2022-06-01: 3.8Unemployment rate 2022-09-01: 3.2Unemployment rate 2022-12-01: 2.5Unemployment rate 2023-03-01: 2.2Unemployment rate 2023-06-01: 2.7Economic inactivity rate 2004-12-01: 24.3Economic inactivity rate 2005-03-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2005-06-01: 24.5Economic inactivity rate 2005-09-01: 24.7Economic inactivity rate 2005-12-01: 24.2Economic inactivity rate 2006-03-01: 23.9Economic inactivity rate 2006-06-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2006-09-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2006-12-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2007-03-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2007-06-01: 25.8Economic inactivity rate 2007-09-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2007-12-01: 26.1Economic inactivity rate 2008-03-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2008-06-01: 25.6Economic inactivity rate 2008-09-01: 25.3Economic inactivity rate 2008-12-01: 24.4Economic inactivity rate 2009-03-01: 24.6Economic inactivity rate 2009-06-01: 23.6Economic inactivity rate 2009-09-01: 24.3Economic inactivity rate 2009-12-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2010-03-01: 24.7Economic inactivity rate 2010-06-01: 24.4Economic inactivity rate 2010-09-01: 25.2Economic inactivity rate 2010-12-01: 25.3Economic inactivity rate 2011-03-01: 25.5Economic inactivity rate 2011-06-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2011-09-01: 26.7Economic inactivity rate 2011-12-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2012-03-01: 26.1Economic inactivity rate 2012-06-01: 24.9Economic inactivity rate 2012-09-01: 24.5Economic inactivity rate 2012-12-01: 25.6Economic inactivity rate 2013-03-01: 25.3Economic inactivity rate 2013-06-01: 25.6Economic inactivity rate 2013-09-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2013-12-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2014-03-01: 25.2Economic inactivity rate 2014-06-01: 25Economic inactivity rate 2014-09-01: 26.1Economic inactivity rate 2014-12-01: 26Economic inactivity rate 2015-03-01: 25.4Economic inactivity rate 2015-06-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2015-09-01: 22.9Economic inactivity rate 2015-12-01: 23.3Economic inactivity rate 2016-03-01: 24.9Economic inactivity rate 2016-06-01: 26.6Economic inactivity rate 2016-09-01: 28.4Economic inactivity rate 2016-12-01: 27.6Economic inactivity rate 2017-03-01: 25.9Economic inactivity rate 2017-06-01: 24.4Economic inactivity rate 2017-09-01: 22.8Economic inactivity rate 2017-12-01: 22.5Economic inactivity rate 2018-03-01: 20.7Economic inactivity rate 2018-06-01: 20.1Economic inactivity rate 2018-09-01: 20.9Economic inactivity rate 2018-12-01: 22.4Economic inactivity rate 2019-03-01: 24.1Economic inactivity rate 2019-06-01: 24.8Economic inactivity rate 2019-09-01: 23.7Economic inactivity rate 2019-12-01: 24.4Economic inactivity rate 2020-03-01: 25.2Economic inactivity rate 2020-06-01: 24.9Economic inactivity rate 2020-09-01: 23.9Economic inactivity rate 2020-12-01: 19.6Economic inactivity rate 2021-03-01: 19.3Economic inactivity rate 2021-06-01: 21.7Economic inactivity rate 2021-09-01: 25.5Economic inactivity rate 2021-12-01: 24.1Economic inactivity rate 2022-03-01: 23Economic inactivity rate 2022-06-01: 23.2Economic inactivity rate 2022-09-01: 24.1Economic inactivity rate 2022-12-01: 24.9Economic inactivity rate 2023-03-01: 25.8Economic inactivity rate 2023-06-01: 25.6

Fuel poverty rate by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of households in fuel poverty across the different areas in Rotherham. In Rotherham 18831 of 117049 households are in fuel poverty.

Dataset

Fuel Poverty
44% (highest)
23.5%
3% (lowest)
Anston & Woodsetts 11.1% of households are fuel poorAston & Todwick 10.5% of households are fuel poorAughton & Swallownest 13.8% of households are fuel poorBoston Castle 21.0% of households are fuel poorBramley & Ravenfield 8.5% of households are fuel poorBrinsworth 13.4% of households are fuel poorDalton & Thrybergh 20.6% of households are fuel poorDinnington 20.1% of households are fuel poorGreasbrough 15.4% of households are fuel poorHellaby & Maltby West 10.3% of households are fuel poorHoober 17.7% of households are fuel poorKeppel 12.6% of households are fuel poorKilnhurst & Swinton East 11.7% of households are fuel poorMaltby East 23.0% of households are fuel poorRawmarsh East 20.0% of households are fuel poorRawmarsh West 17.1% of households are fuel poorRother Vale 13.2% of households are fuel poorRotherham East 29.1% of households are fuel poorRotherham West 21.0% of households are fuel poorSitwell 10.6% of households are fuel poorSwinton Rockingham 17.2% of households are fuel poorThurcroft & Wickersley South 15.7% of households are fuel poorWales 14.0% of households are fuel poorWath 17.8% of households are fuel poorWickersley North 12.7% of households are fuel poor

Median weekly wage by geography

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the median weekly wage for different areas in Rotherham.

Dataset

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Weekly Earnings
£463 (lowest)
£563.5
£664 (highest)

Percentage of people in low income households by their savings and investments

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by the savings and investments of adults in the family in Rotherham. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by savings and investments

No data available at this level

Percentage of jobs below living wage by gender and hours

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the percentage of jobs that are paid below living wage in Rotherham. Percentages can add to more than 100 as "All sexes" includes those already counted in "Men" and "Women".

Dataset

Jobs below living wage
All (%)
Female (%)
Male (%)
Percentage of jobs below living wage02040Part-TimeFull-TimeAllAll (%) All: 14.3All (%) Full-Time: 7.1All (%) Part-Time: 29.6Female (%) All: 18.5Female (%) Full-Time: 0Female (%) Part-Time: 29.1Male (%) All: 0Male (%) Full-Time: 0Male (%) Part-Time: 0

Demographic breakdown

Poverty can disproportionately affect certain groups. This section presents analysis of Economic Insecurity with a focus on demographics.

Gender pay gap in different types of work

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the gender pay gap as a percentage differenece in Rotherham.


Gender pay gap (GPG) is calculated as the difference between average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women as a proportion of average hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men. For example, a 4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% less, on average, than men. Conversely, a -4% GPG denotes that women earn 4% more, on average, than men.

Dataset

Gender pay gap
Median gap (%)
Mean gap (%)
-301215182124369Part-TimeFull-TimeAllMedian gap (%) All: 19.6Median gap (%) Full-Time: 17.6Median gap (%) Part-Time: -0.4Mean gap (%) All: 21.7Mean gap (%) Full-Time: 19.8Mean gap (%) Part-Time: 10.2

People in low income households by ethnic group

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by ethnic group in Rotherham. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore. This method helps smooth erratic series and so give more robust estimates as the FRS sample size and coverage issues mean that single year results broken down below the level of UK region are unlikely to be reliable.

Dataset

HBAI by ethnic group

No data available at this level

People in low income households by marital status

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by marital/cohabiting status in Rotherham. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

These statistics have been three-year averaged and rounded according to the guidance on statXplore.

Dataset

No data available at this level

See also the briefing by JRF for Economic security.