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Electoral wardE05016115
Hexham East ward, Northumberland
Hexham East is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,732 residents in 2,700 households — 945 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20215,732council ward average 4,646
Households2,7002.12 residents per household
Density945/ km²about 6.06 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+28.0%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 250
5–95.4% · 311
10–156.4% · 367
16–194.0% · 229
20–243.8% · 216
25–349.5% · 546
35–4916.5% · 949
50–6422.0% · 1,263
65–7413.0% · 747
75–849.3% · 533
85+5.7% · 327
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.8% · 723
1 car or van45.8% · 1,237
2 cars or vans22.1% · 598
3 or more5.3% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright37.6% · 1,013
With mortgage22.2% · 599
Shared ownership0.7% · 19
Social rented22.5% · 607
Private rented16.8% · 453
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house19.5% · 528
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,100
Terraced house19.7% · 531
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 383
Converted house2.3% · 62
Other conversion2.1% · 56
Above shop / office1.6% · 42
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016115- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 28 of 69
Parishes in the ward
Hexham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBellingham29.6% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned3,761CChoppington & 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 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.