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Electoral wardE05016126
Morpeth Kirkhill ward, Northumberland
Morpeth Kirkhill is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,779 residents in 2,588 households — 1,893 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.
Residents, 20215,779council ward average 4,646
Households2,5882.23 residents per household
Density1,893/ km²about 3.05 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+27.5%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 278
5–96.1% · 351
10–157.2% · 414
16–193.5% · 204
20–243.0% · 172
25–347.8% · 449
35–4918.6% · 1,073
50–6421.6% · 1,245
65–7414.4% · 833
75–848.8% · 506
85+4.3% · 250
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.9% · 437
1 car or van43.7% · 1,132
2 cars or vans30.7% · 795
3 or more8.7% · 226
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright44.4% · 1,148
With mortgage31.2% · 808
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented14.6% · 378
Private rented9.5% · 246
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 762
Semi-detached house44.8% · 1,160
Terraced house17.0% · 439
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 210
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016126- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 69
Parishes in the ward
Morpeth
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% owned5,463LLonghoughton29.2% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned5,405LLynemouth26.0% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned4,653MMorpeth 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.