Rotherham
8 datasets are currently published for Rotherham. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Rotherham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 122nd of 361 (22.1 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 287th of 318 (£176,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 27th of 132 (20.1%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Rotherham: 6,180, July 2026 (-3.8% year on year, from 6,425). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Rotherham: 108.4, June 2026 (+2.4% year on year, from 105.9). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Rotherham: £176,000, Q2 2026 (-2.2% year on year, from £180,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Rotherham: 20.1%, 2024/25 (-2.3 percentage points year on year, from 22.4%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Rotherham: 13, Q1 2026 (-43.5% year on year, from 23). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Rotherham: 279,161, 2025 (+1.0% year on year, from 276,332). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Rotherham: 429, 2025 (+1.9% year on year, from 421). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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