Rotherham: local statistics
Rotherham is a metropolitan borough in the Yorkshire and the Humber, home to an estimated 279,161 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Rotherham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Rotherham was £671.00 in April 2025, or £34,713 over a year. That is 5.7% below the figure for the Yorkshire and the Humber and the 3rd lowest in the Yorkshire and the Humber. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £639.50, £31.50 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £481.10: a change of +39% before inflation.
Rotherham had an estimated 279,161 residents in mid-2025, a change of +1.0% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.5%, against +5.5% for the Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole. That is the 4th fastest growth of 15 in the Yorkshire and the Humber. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Rotherham had a life expectancy at birth of 81.2 years; for men it was 78.2, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.1 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.1 more. It is the 12th highest for women of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
An estimated 70.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Rotherham were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 3.9 points either way, against 73.3% across the Yorkshire and the Humber. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 66.7% to 77.1%.
3.6% of Rotherham residents aged 16 to 64 (6,175 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the Yorkshire and the Humber was 4.1%. A year earlier the rate was 3.8%. The five-year high was 6.1% (August 2021); the low was 3.5% (June 2026).
The police recorded 92.2 crimes per 1,000 residents in Rotherham in the year to March 2026 (25,747 offences in all), the 10th highest rate of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber. The rate was 91.6 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 73.1 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Rotherham pays an average of £2,381.53 in council tax in 2026-27, up £98.27 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber (7th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,584.58, so it has risen 50%.
A typical home in Rotherham cost £191,496 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 1.7% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it mid-table in the Yorkshire and the Humber, 8th of 15 (regional average £209,116). Prices are 58% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Rotherham (£34,713) gives a ratio of 5.5. That ratio is close to the middle of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber (8th highest ratio).
9,325 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Rotherham in March 2026, 10% more than in 2016. That is 33 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd lowest of the 15 council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 262,063 |
| 2016 | 263,273 |
| 2017 | 264,167 |
| 2018 | 265,154 |
| 2019 | 265,991 |
| 2020 | 265,593 |
| 2021 | 266,173 |
| 2022 | 268,599 |
| 2023 | 272,516 |
| 2024 | 276,332 |
| 2025 | 279,161 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £121,268 |
| July 2017 | £121,953 |
| July 2018 | £128,515 |
| July 2019 | £134,712 |
| July 2020 | £135,103 |
| July 2021 | £154,920 |
| July 2022 | £166,888 |
| July 2023 | £172,416 |
| July 2024 | £179,840 |
| July 2025 | £188,281 |
| July 2026 | £191,496 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £481.10 a week |
| 2016 | £485.20 a week |
| 2017 | £493.90 a week |
| 2018 | £507.30 a week |
| 2019 | £516.10 a week |
| 2020 | £518.70 a week |
| 2021 | £536.60 a week |
| 2022 | £580.20 a week |
| 2023 | £602.70 a week |
| 2024 | £660.30 a week |
| 2025 | £671.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,584.58 |
| 2017-18 | £1,659.19 |
| 2018-19 | £1,758.88 |
| 2019-20 | £1,831.85 |
| 2020-21 | £1,884.51 |
| 2021-22 | £1,948.96 |
| 2022-23 | £2,034.75 |
| 2023-24 | £2,126.09 |
| 2024-25 | £2,210.88 |
| 2025-26 | £2,283.26 |
| 2026-27 | £2,381.53 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 73.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 83.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 97.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 100.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 99.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 85.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 100.6 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 95.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 91.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 92.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 70.0% |
| 2016/17 | 69.1% |
| 2017/18 | 75.3% |
| 2018/19 | 71.8% |
| 2019/20 | 70.3% |
| 2020/21 | 77.1% |
| 2021/22 | 73.0% |
| 2022/23 | 72.6% |
| 2023/24 | 66.7% |
| 2024/25 | 71.2% |
| 2025/26 | 70.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,495 |
| 2017 | 8,940 |
| 2018 | 8,925 |
| 2019 | 8,890 |
| 2020 | 9,160 |
| 2021 | 9,345 |
| 2022 | 9,295 |
| 2023 | 9,160 |
| 2024 | 9,060 |
| 2025 | 9,110 |
| 2026 | 9,325 |
Questions about Rotherham
What is the average salary in Rotherham?
£671.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Rotherham?
The ONS estimates 279,161 people lived in Rotherham in mid-2025.
What is life expectancy in Rotherham?
81.2 years for women and 78.2 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Rotherham?
6,175 in August 2026 (3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Rotherham?
Home Office figures show 25,747 offences in the year to March 2026, or 92.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Rotherham?
£2,381.53 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Rotherham?
£191,496 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+1.7% on a year).
Who has power over Rotherham
Every body that makes decisions for Rotherham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Rotherham council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Rotherham in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Rawmarsh and Conisbrough: John Healey (Labour) MP
- Rother Valley: Jake Richards (Labour) MP
- Rotherham: Sarah Champion (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK figures: UK average weekly earnings growth · UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the Yorkshire and the Humber: Barnsley · Calderdale · Doncaster · East Riding of Yorkshire · Kingston upon Hull, City of · York
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