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Electoral wardE05016131
Norham & Islandshires ward, Northumberland
Norham & Islandshires is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,825 residents in 2,317 households — 13 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Northumberland constituency.
Residents, 20214,825council ward average 4,646
Households2,3172.08 residents per household
Density13/ km²about 376.95 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+33.3%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 12.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.9% · 138
5–93.5% · 168
10–155.8% · 280
16–193.1% · 149
20–243.2% · 153
25–347.4% · 356
35–4913.3% · 642
50–6427.6% · 1,330
65–7418.6% · 898
75–8411.6% · 559
85+3.1% · 149
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 227
1 car or van44.5% · 1,030
2 cars or vans34.2% · 792
3 or more11.6% · 268
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 946
With mortgage16.0% · 370
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented12.1% · 281
Private rented30.5% · 707
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house39.2% · 908
Semi-detached house33.8% · 783
Terraced house24.5% · 567
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 32
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016131- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 65 of 69
Parishes in the ward
AncroftBowsdenChattonCornhill-on-TweedDuddoFordHoly IslandHorncliffeKyloeLowickNorhamShoreswood
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.