Electoral wardE05016351
Castle ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
Castle is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,792 residents in 3,943 households — 1,185 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,792council ward average 11,543
Households3,9432.48 residents per household
Density1,185/ km²about 8.26 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+9.9%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 24.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.6% · 839
5–98.8% · 858
10–157.4% · 725
16–193.3% · 320
20–244.0% · 396
25–3418.2% · 1,786
35–4925.5% · 2,498
50–6414.3% · 1,398
65–745.7% · 554
75–842.6% · 255
85+1.6% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.5% · 571
1 car or van43.9% · 1,729
2 cars or vans35.8% · 1,412
3 or more5.8% · 227
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.
Owned outright20.4% · 805
With mortgage54.8% · 2,163
Shared ownership0.7% · 26
Social rented11.4% · 449
Private rented12.7% · 501
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house39.6% · 1,560
Semi-detached house30.4% · 1,197
Terraced house18.4% · 724
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 391
Converted house1.3% · 51
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016351- Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 26
Parishes in the ward
BrunswickHazlerigg
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.