Electoral wardE05016389
Roker ward, Sunderland
Roker is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,165 residents in 5,303 households — 4,765 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,165council ward average 10,967
Households5,3032.11 residents per household
Density4,765/ km²about 2.34 km² · Sunderland 1,995
Aged 65+25.4%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 428
5–94.0% · 442
10–155.1% · 566
16–193.9% · 431
20–245.7% · 637
25–3411.5% · 1,282
35–4916.7% · 1,865
50–6424.0% · 2,680
65–7413.4% · 1,495
75–848.3% · 930
85+3.7% · 413
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.4% · 1,507
1 car or van44.6% · 2,366
2 cars or vans21.1% · 1,121
3 or more5.9% · 311
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sunderland overall: 58.1% owned, 26.6% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright40.4% · 2,143
With mortgage25.5% · 1,354
Shared ownership0.9% · 48
Social rented13.8% · 730
Private rented19.4% · 1,032
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house3.8% · 204
Semi-detached house26.0% · 1,377
Terraced house44.7% · 2,367
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 996
Converted house5.3% · 280
Other conversion0.6% · 33
Above shop / office0.8% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016389- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 25
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.