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Electoral wardE05016093
Bellingham ward, Northumberland
Bellingham is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,761 residents in 1,748 households — 4 people per km², the 55th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20213,761council ward average 4,646
Households1,7482.15 residents per household
Density4/ km²about 874.65 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+29.6%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 141
5–94.6% · 173
10–155.8% · 220
16–193.3% · 125
20–243.1% · 117
25–347.8% · 292
35–4914.6% · 550
50–6427.4% · 1,031
65–7416.7% · 627
75–849.3% · 349
85+3.6% · 136
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.5% · 183
1 car or van41.7% · 729
2 cars or vans33.7% · 590
3 or more14.1% · 247
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright42.9% · 750
With mortgage20.4% · 356
Shared ownership0.9% · 16
Social rented14.2% · 248
Private rented21.6% · 377
Type of home
Detached house43.6% · 763
Semi-detached house28.8% · 503
Terraced house24.4% · 427
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 21
Converted house0.7% · 12
Other conversion0.5% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016093- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 69 of 69
Parishes in the ward
BavingtonBellinghamCorsensideFalstoneGreysteadKielderKirkwhelpingtonOtterburnRochesterTarsetWallington Demesne
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CChoppington & Hepscott19.2% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned4,641CCorbridge36.2% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned4,977HHaltwhistle28.6% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned4,650HHaydon & Hadrian27.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned4,443HHexham East28.0% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned5,732HHexham North29.0% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned2,266HHexham West30.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned4,646HHumshaugh28.5% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned4,576LLonghorsley29.5% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,463PPonteland East & Stannington27.4% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned5,428PPonteland North29.2% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned4,273PPonteland South with Heddon34.0% aged 65+ · 88.1% owned2,837PPonteland West24.3% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,089PPrudhoe North & Wylam27.4% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned3,133
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.