Electoral wardE05015983
Castle ward, West Northamptonshire
Castle is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 19,849 residents in 8,608 households — 5,264 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Northampton North and Northampton South constituencies.
Residents, 202119,849council ward average 12,164
Households8,6082.31 residents per household
Density5,264/ km²about 3.77 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+7.2%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 1,362
5–95.1% · 1,005
10–155.1% · 1,014
16–195.2% · 1,035
20–2411.5% · 2,289
25–3424.0% · 4,771
35–4922.0% · 4,366
50–6413.0% · 2,572
65–743.9% · 769
75–842.1% · 422
85+1.2% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.4% · 3,733
1 car or van42.8% · 3,687
2 cars or vans11.5% · 989
3 or more2.3% · 202
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright9.4% · 807
With mortgage13.9% · 1,195
Shared ownership1.7% · 145
Social rented23.5% · 2,026
Private rented51.0% · 4,391
Lives rent free0.5% · 39
Type of home
Detached house3.8% · 325
Semi-detached house4.9% · 424
Terraced house31.1% · 2,676
Purpose-built flat47.1% · 4,059
Converted house5.7% · 492
Other conversion4.4% · 382
Above shop / office2.4% · 206
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 45
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015983- Constituency
- Northampton North, Northampton South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 35
Parishes in the ward
Northampton
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbington & Phippsville11.0% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned11,390BBilling16.2% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned11,965BBlackthorn & Rectory Farm11.8% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned11,827CCogenhoe & The Houghtons26.3% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,924DDallington Spencer12.6% aged 65+ · 45.8% owned19,949DDuston22.2% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned15,850FFar Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill10.1% aged 65+ · 50.0% owned17,166HHeadlands18.9% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned19,380HHunsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned14,992KKingsley & Semilong12.5% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned15,834KKingsthorpe North25.2% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned15,657KKingsthorpe South10.1% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned11,640MMoulton19.6% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned12,520NNene Valley11.8% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned16,202
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.