Electoral wardE05016625
Rowley ward, Sandwell
Rowley is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,007 residents in 5,523 households — 3,203 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,007council ward average 14,244
Households5,5232.54 residents per household
Density3,203/ km²about 4.37 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+15.1%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 22.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 888
5–97.2% · 1,004
10–158.7% · 1,224
16–195.2% · 731
20–245.5% · 764
25–3413.9% · 1,946
35–4919.8% · 2,778
50–6418.3% · 2,560
65–747.7% · 1,073
75–845.7% · 803
85+1.7% · 237
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.3% · 1,289
1 car or van42.2% · 2,331
2 cars or vans26.6% · 1,469
3 or more7.8% · 433
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright29.7% · 1,640
With mortgage28.1% · 1,555
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented25.6% · 1,415
Private rented15.6% · 860
Lives rent free0.5% · 30
Type of home
Detached house15.1% · 833
Semi-detached house51.8% · 2,858
Terraced house21.6% · 1,193
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 572
Converted house0.6% · 34
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 23
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016625- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 24
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.