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Electoral wardE05016139
Prudhoe South ward, Northumberland
Prudhoe South is one of 69 electoral wards of Northumberland County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,185 residents in 2,787 households — 1,109 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hexham constituency.
Residents, 20216,185council ward average 4,646
Households2,7872.22 residents per household
Density1,109/ km²about 5.58 km² · Northumberland 64
Aged 65+22.0%Northumberland: 25.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 288
5–95.6% · 344
10–157.7% · 475
16–194.9% · 304
20–244.4% · 273
25–3410.8% · 667
35–4919.0% · 1,173
50–6421.0% · 1,295
65–7411.1% · 684
75–847.9% · 491
85+3.0% · 186
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.1% · 728
1 car or van40.7% · 1,135
2 cars or vans25.9% · 722
3 or more7.2% · 202
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Northumberland overall: 65.2% owned, 17.8% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.7% · 827
With mortgage28.3% · 788
Shared ownership0.6% · 17
Social rented28.2% · 787
Private rented13.2% · 368
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house18.9% · 526
Semi-detached house46.9% · 1,309
Terraced house23.2% · 647
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 223
Converted house1.2% · 34
Other conversion1.1% · 30
Above shop / office0.8% · 21
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016139- Constituency
- Hexham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 69
Parishes in the ward
Prudhoe
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.