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Electoral wardE05016083
Alnwick Castle ward, Northumberland
Alnwick Castle is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,234 residents in 1,562 households — 182 people per km², the 61st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.
Residents, 20213,234council ward average 4,646
Households1,5622.07 residents per household
Density182/ km²about 17.76 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+34.4%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 106
5–94.4% · 142
10–155.2% · 169
16–193.2% · 104
20–243.8% · 124
25–347.8% · 254
35–4914.3% · 464
50–6423.5% · 761
65–7418.3% · 593
75–8410.7% · 346
85+5.3% · 173
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 328
1 car or van46.9% · 733
2 cars or vans25.1% · 392
3 or more7.0% · 109
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright45.5% · 710
With mortgage21.1% · 329
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented16.7% · 260
Private rented16.3% · 254
Type of home
Detached house30.8% · 481
Semi-detached house28.1% · 439
Terraced house23.3% · 365
Purpose-built flat15.5% · 243
Converted house1.0% · 15
Other conversion1.0% · 16
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016083- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 48 of 69
Parishes in the ward
AlnwickDenwick
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlnwick Hotspur26.0% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned4,856AAmble24.5% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned4,712AAmble West with Warkworth35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,093BBamburgh36.5% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned4,378BBerwick East24.5% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned4,712BBerwick North31.6% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned4,332BBerwick West with Ord26.9% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned4,242DDruridge Bay22.8% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned5,620LLonghirst19.0% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned3,613LLonghorsley29.5% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,463LLonghoughton29.2% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned5,405LLynemouth26.0% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned4,653MMorpeth Kirkhill27.5% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned5,779MMorpeth North34.0% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,699
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.