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Electoral wardE05016124
Longhoughton ward, Northumberland
Longhoughton is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,405 residents in 2,420 households — 36 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.
Residents, 20215,405council ward average 4,646
Households2,4202.23 residents per household
Density36/ km²about 149.72 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+29.2%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 200
5–94.5% · 246
10–156.1% · 331
16–193.6% · 195
20–243.7% · 198
25–348.2% · 443
35–4915.6% · 846
50–6425.3% · 1,370
65–7415.6% · 842
75–8410.3% · 557
85+3.4% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.5% · 231
1 car or van41.2% · 996
2 cars or vans36.6% · 886
3 or more12.7% · 307
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright40.9% · 992
With mortgage21.2% · 514
Shared ownership0.8% · 20
Social rented11.0% · 267
Private rented26.0% · 630
Type of home
Detached house42.3% · 1,023
Semi-detached house31.6% · 765
Terraced house20.4% · 494
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 89
Converted house1.0% · 25
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016124- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 58 of 69
Parishes in the ward
AlnmouthCrasterEmbletonLesburyLonghoughtonNewton-by-the-SeaRennington
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlnwick Castle34.4% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned3,234AAlnwick Hotspur26.0% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned4,856AAmble24.5% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned4,712AAmble West with Warkworth35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,093BBamburgh36.5% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned4,378BBerwick East24.5% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned4,712BBerwick North31.6% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned4,332BBerwick West with Ord26.9% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned4,242DDruridge Bay22.8% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned5,620LLonghirst19.0% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned3,613LLonghorsley29.5% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,463LLynemouth26.0% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned4,653MMorpeth Kirkhill27.5% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned5,779MMorpeth North34.0% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,699
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.