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Electoral wardE05015872

Killingworth ward, North Tyneside

Killingworth is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,902 residents in 3,531 households — 2,382 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

Residents, 20217,902council ward average 10,448
Households3,5312.24 residents per household
Density2,382/ km²about 3.32 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+22.5%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 407
5–95.7% · 449
10–157.4% · 582
16–193.7% · 289
20–244.2% · 334
25–3411.8% · 934
35–4918.6% · 1,467
50–6421.1% · 1,667
65–7413.8% · 1,090
75–846.6% · 521
85+2.1% · 164

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 810
1 car or van46.7% · 1,648
2 cars or vans24.8% · 877
3 or more5.6% · 196
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.9% · 1,301
With mortgage33.9% · 1,196
Shared ownership1.3% · 46
Social rented18.4% · 649
Private rented9.4% · 333
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house25.8% · 911
Semi-detached house22.0% · 776
Terraced house42.8% · 1,510
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 310
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.