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Electoral wardE05016137
Ponteland West ward, Northumberland
Ponteland West is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,089 residents in 1,918 households — 58 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20215,089council ward average 4,646
Households1,9182.65 residents per household
Density58/ km²about 87.44 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+24.3%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 241
5–95.8% · 293
10–156.7% · 342
16–194.9% · 251
20–244.6% · 233
25–349.5% · 484
35–4917.9% · 911
50–6421.5% · 1,092
65–7412.5% · 634
75–848.5% · 430
85+3.4% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.5% · 86
1 car or van31.0% · 596
2 cars or vans44.9% · 862
3 or more19.6% · 376
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright49.1% · 940
With mortgage32.7% · 626
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented4.0% · 76
Private rented14.2% · 272
Type of home
Detached house76.7% · 1,471
Semi-detached house13.0% · 249
Terraced house8.3% · 160
Purpose-built flat1.3% · 24
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016137- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 57 of 69
Parishes in the ward
MatfenPontelandStamfordhamWhittington
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% owned4,646HHumshaugh28.5% aged 65+ · 63.5% owned4,576LLonghorsley29.5% 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% owned2,837PPrudhoe 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.