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Electoral wardE05016120
Humshaugh ward, Northumberland
Humshaugh is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,576 residents in 2,103 households — 14 people per km², the 40th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20214,576council ward average 4,646
Households2,1032.18 residents per household
Density14/ km²about 331.59 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+28.5%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 189
5–95.1% · 232
10–155.3% · 242
16–193.5% · 161
20–242.5% · 115
25–346.8% · 312
35–4917.0% · 779
50–6427.1% · 1,240
65–7416.6% · 761
75–849.2% · 420
85+2.7% · 122
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 163
1 car or van39.7% · 835
2 cars or vans38.0% · 799
3 or more14.6% · 307
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.4% · 872
With mortgage22.0% · 463
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented10.8% · 227
Private rented25.4% · 534
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house44.9% · 946
Semi-detached house29.8% · 628
Terraced house22.8% · 481
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 7
Converted house0.8% · 17
Other conversion1.0% · 22
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016120- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 64 of 69
Parishes in the ward
BirtleyChollertonHumshaughNewbroughSimonburnWallWardenWark
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% owned2,266HHexham West30.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned4,646LLonghorsley29.5% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.