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Electoral wardE05016127
Morpeth North ward, Northumberland
Morpeth North is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,699 residents in 2,757 households — 1,093 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.
Residents, 20215,699council ward average 4,646
Households2,7572.07 residents per household
Density1,093/ km²about 5.21 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+34.0%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 195
5–93.8% · 219
10–155.7% · 325
16–193.4% · 193
20–243.2% · 185
25–346.9% · 394
35–4915.5% · 882
50–6424.0% · 1,365
65–7416.9% · 960
75–8411.2% · 640
85+5.9% · 338
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 602
1 car or van43.0% · 1,184
2 cars or vans27.9% · 769
3 or more7.3% · 201
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright49.9% · 1,378
With mortgage24.6% · 681
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented9.6% · 264
Private rented15.0% · 415
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.5% · 897
Semi-detached house16.0% · 441
Terraced house28.8% · 795
Purpose-built flat17.8% · 492
Converted house2.1% · 57
Other conversion1.5% · 41
Above shop / office1.1% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016127- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 26 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 Kirkhill27.5% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned5,779
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.