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Electoral wardE05015865

Backworth & Holystone ward, North Tyneside

Backworth & Holystone is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,951 residents in 2,916 households — 1,103 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

Residents, 20216,951council ward average 10,448
Households2,9162.38 residents per household
Density1,103/ km²about 6.30 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+12.6%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 493
5–97.0% · 484
10–157.4% · 515
16–194.2% · 291
20–244.5% · 315
25–3416.2% · 1,124
35–4922.7% · 1,581
50–6418.3% · 1,275
65–747.9% · 550
75–843.8% · 262
85+1.0% · 67

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.6% · 456
1 car or van42.1% · 1,227
2 cars or vans34.5% · 1,005
3 or more7.8% · 226
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Tyneside overall: 63.7% owned, 20.5% social rented, 15.2% private rented.

Owned outright25.9% · 755
With mortgage45.8% · 1,335
Shared ownership1.3% · 39
Social rented17.1% · 498
Private rented10.0% · 291

Type of home

Detached house42.9% · 1,252
Semi-detached house30.8% · 898
Terraced house14.5% · 422
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 321
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015865
Region
North East
Density rank in council
20 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBattle Hill23.1% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned11,117CCamperdown21.0% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned8,349FForest Hall22.8% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned10,854KKillingworth22.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned7,902NNew York & Murton18.3% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned7,893SShiremoor13.7% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned12,018WWeetslade25.3% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned10,518

All 20 wards of North Tyneside

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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.