Electoral wardE05014746
Northwell ward, Luton
Northwell is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 15,443 residents in 5,628 households — 6,200 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton North constituency.
Residents, 202115,443council ward average 11,263
Households5,6282.74 residents per household
Density6,200/ km²about 2.49 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+14.6%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 23.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 1,095
5–97.5% · 1,156
10–159.1% · 1,411
16–195.2% · 797
20–245.6% · 859
25–3413.1% · 2,028
35–4920.2% · 3,117
50–6417.7% · 2,733
65–747.4% · 1,144
75–845.3% · 818
85+1.8% · 285
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 1,251
1 car or van45.4% · 2,556
2 cars or vans24.3% · 1,369
3 or more8.0% · 453
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright28.9% · 1,627
With mortgage28.3% · 1,592
Shared ownership0.6% · 31
Social rented22.0% · 1,237
Private rented19.9% · 1,119
Lives rent free0.3% · 16
Type of home
Detached house11.6% · 652
Semi-detached house40.1% · 2,255
Terraced house26.7% · 1,502
Purpose-built flat18.9% · 1,061
Converted house0.9% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.9% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 53
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014746- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnfield15.4% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned9,644BBeech Hill7.3% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned14,752BBramingham20.8% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned13,917CChallney9.5% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned17,082LLeagrave13.8% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned11,189LLewsey11.3% aged 65+ · 50.1% owned10,114PPoets16.4% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned7,168SSaints8.5% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned13,595SStopsley18.3% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned12,259SSundon Park14.5% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned8,451
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.