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Electoral wardE05016117
Hexham West ward, Northumberland
Hexham West is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,646 residents in 2,085 households — 274 people per km², the 37th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20214,646council ward average 4,646
Households2,0852.23 residents per household
Density274/ km²about 16.99 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+30.9%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.8% · 128
5–94.5% · 207
10–156.5% · 302
16–194.4% · 206
20–243.1% · 142
25–347.1% · 331
35–4914.7% · 683
50–6426.0% · 1,208
65–7416.6% · 769
75–8410.4% · 482
85+3.9% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.7% · 265
1 car or van42.7% · 890
2 cars or vans34.5% · 718
3 or more10.1% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright53.8% · 1,122
With mortgage26.6% · 555
Shared ownership0.7% · 15
Social rented7.3% · 153
Private rented11.6% · 241
Type of home
Detached house41.6% · 868
Semi-detached house24.7% · 516
Terraced house20.1% · 419
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 195
Converted house2.7% · 57
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016117- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 42 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 East28.0% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned5,732HHexham North29.0% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned2,266HHumshaugh28.5% 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.