The wider borough spans a larger area and covers the outlying towns of Maltby, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, Dinnington.

The borough is also close to the cities of Sheffield, Doncaster, Lincoln, Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Nottingham, Manchester and Derby.

As of 2021, the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham's population was enumerated at 265,807, and its ethnic makeup was 91% White, 5.3% Asian, 1.4% Mixed, 1.1% Black, 0.8% Other and 0.3% Arab.

[8] The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.

[9] The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.