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Rossmere ward, Hartlepool

Rossmere is one of 12 electoral wards of Hartlepool Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,515 residents in 3,356 households — 2,753 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hartlepool constituency.

Residents, 20217,515council ward average 7,695
Households3,3562.24 residents per household
Density2,753/ km²about 2.73 km² · Hartlepool 985
Aged 65+17.4%Hartlepool: 19.7% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 479
5–96.6% · 498
10–157.8% · 588
16–194.7% · 351
20–245.7% · 427
25–3413.1% · 981
35–4916.9% · 1,267
50–6421.5% · 1,619
65–7410.1% · 759
75–845.1% · 386
85+2.1% · 160

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.6% · 1,227
1 car or van41.2% · 1,383
2 cars or vans17.4% · 584
3 or more4.8% · 162
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hartlepool overall: 58.2% owned, 23.4% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright22.6% · 757
With mortgage22.3% · 749
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented40.1% · 1,345
Private rented14.7% · 492
Lives rent free0.3% · 11

Type of home

Detached house8.4% · 281
Semi-detached house36.7% · 1,232
Terraced house40.2% · 1,349
Purpose-built flat14.0% · 471
Converted house0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.