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Rockingham

Ward

South east Barnsley. About 10,738 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Rockingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,746
Joint 2,111th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Rockingham compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

RockinghamMiddle
Population21 wards, Barnsley · 2021
Population: every ward in Barnsley21 areas from 9,165 to 13,519. The middle area is 11,680. Rockingham is 10,746.
10,7464th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Barnsley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Barnsley21 areas from 36.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Rockingham is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Barnsley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Barnsley21 areas from 76.0% to 97.8%. The middle area is 92.4%. Rockingham is 91.5%.
91.5%10th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Barnsley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Barnsley21 areas from 1.3% to 5.2%. The middle area is 3.5%. Rockingham is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 9th lowest

Is Rockingham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rockingham at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Barnsley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rockingham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (371), other crime (209) and anti-social behaviour (191).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Barnsley

These figures are published for the whole of Barnsley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Barnsley and not Rockingham alone. See Barnsley

Average house price
£175,537
Up 3.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,652
113th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.8×
Joint 36th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.1
40th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Rockingham in brief

Rockingham had 10,746 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Rockingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rockingham, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Rockingham, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.