Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is the one council for Rotherham: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 6,623 postcodes in use in Rotherham, in 20 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.
97% of homes and businesses in Rotherham can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 1,300 homes and businesses in Rotherham in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Its website
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
rotherham.gov.ukName and website as GOV.UK gives them.
Do it on Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. GOV.UK lists 27. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 5 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Rotherham?
Across Rotherham, 97% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 95% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Rotherham?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,382 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,588 |
| Band B | £1,852 |
| Band C | £2,117 |
| Band D | £2,382 |
| Band E | £2,911 |
| Band F | £3,440 |
| Band G | £3,969 |
| Band H | £4,763 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Rotherham are at risk of flooding?
Across Rotherham, the Environment Agency puts 1,300 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 311 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Rotherham the Environment Agency counts 2,370 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (1.7% of all its properties), 2,483 at medium risk (1.8%) and 9,343 at low risk (6.7%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcode districts with postcodes in Rotherham
- DN11 postcode district2 of its 843 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- DN12 postcode district2 of its 630 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S13 postcode district21 of its 591 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S20 postcode district3 of its 635 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S25 postcode districtAll 505 of its postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S26 postcode districtAll 548 of its postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S35 postcode district5 of its 891 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S60 postcode district1,113 of its 1,114 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S61 postcode district864 of its 869 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S62 postcode districtAll 620 of its postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S63 postcode district533 of its 1,160 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S64 postcode district325 of its 682 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S65 postcode district830 of its 831 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S66 postcode district1,040 of its 1,099 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S73 postcode district51 of its 757 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S74 postcode district3 of its 521 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S80 postcode district16 of its 1,035 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S81 postcode district92 of its 1,108 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S95 postcode district13 of its 28 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
- S97 postcode district37 of its 39 postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Rotherham.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Rotherham?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Rotherham covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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