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Alnwick Hotspur ward, Northumberland

Alnwick Hotspur is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,856 residents in 2,438 households — 3,154 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.

Residents, 20214,856council ward average 4,646
Households2,4381.99 residents per household
Density3,154/ km²about 1.54 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+26.0%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 170
5–94.6% · 221
10–156.5% · 318
16–194.9% · 239
20–245.2% · 252
25–349.8% · 474
35–4916.5% · 799
50–6423.1% · 1,122
65–7414.4% · 699
75–848.5% · 411
85+3.1% · 152

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.9% · 706
1 car or van45.6% · 1,112
2 cars or vans20.3% · 496
3 or more5.1% · 125
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.

Owned outright32.8% · 800
With mortgage19.8% · 482
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented31.3% · 763
Private rented15.8% · 386
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house12.9% · 314
Semi-detached house35.1% · 856
Terraced house23.1% · 563
Purpose-built flat21.9% · 533
Converted house1.9% · 46
Other conversion1.8% · 45
Above shop / office3.3% · 80
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.