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Electoral wardE05016119
Holywell ward, Northumberland
Holywell is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,433 residents in 2,773 households — 824 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.
Residents, 20215,433council ward average 4,646
Households2,7731.96 residents per household
Density824/ km²about 6.59 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+27.5%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 13.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 228
5–93.9% · 211
10–155.1% · 278
16–193.1% · 171
20–244.5% · 244
25–3410.8% · 585
35–4917.0% · 923
50–6424.0% · 1,303
65–7414.8% · 807
75–849.9% · 539
85+2.7% · 146
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 621
1 car or van46.3% · 1,283
2 cars or vans24.3% · 674
3 or more7.0% · 194
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright38.3% · 1,064
With mortgage25.2% · 699
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented20.9% · 581
Private rented15.0% · 417
Lives rent free0.3% · 8
Type of home
Detached house11.6% · 321
Semi-detached house55.3% · 1,531
Terraced house17.5% · 484
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 311
Converted house3.3% · 91
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.9% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016119- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 30 of 69
Parishes in the ward
Seaton Valley
Other wards in the same constituency
CCramlington East & Double Row19.2% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned5,521CCramlington Eastfield20.3% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned4,931CCramlington North20.6% aged 65+ · 94.0% owned5,049CCramlington North West16.6% aged 65+ · 87.9% owned2,253CCramlington South East35.0% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned3,739CCramlington South West16.3% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned4,238CCramlington Village32.9% aged 65+ · 70.2% owned4,346HHartley29.8% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned4,722SSeghill with Seaton Delaval20.1% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned5,374
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.