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Electoral wardE05016138
Prudhoe North & Wylam ward, Northumberland
Prudhoe North & Wylam is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,133 residents in 1,433 households — 507 people per km², the 62nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20213,133council ward average 4,646
Households1,4332.19 residents per household
Density507/ km²about 6.18 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+27.4%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 98
5–95.4% · 169
10–156.8% · 214
16–194.1% · 129
20–243.7% · 115
25–346.4% · 202
35–4918.8% · 589
50–6424.3% · 760
65–7414.4% · 452
75–849.6% · 300
85+3.4% · 106
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 197
1 car or van45.5% · 652
2 cars or vans31.8% · 455
3 or more8.9% · 128
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright46.5% · 666
With mortgage29.4% · 422
Shared ownership0.9% · 13
Social rented12.6% · 181
Private rented10.5% · 150
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house26.5% · 380
Semi-detached house27.6% · 396
Terraced house38.2% · 548
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 69
Converted house0.8% · 12
Other conversion1.6% · 23
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016138- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 35 of 69
Parishes in the ward
OvinghamPrudhoeWylam
Council offices in this ward
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% owned2,837PPonteland West24.3% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,089
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.