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Electoral wardE05015994

Hunsbury ward, West Northamptonshire

Hunsbury is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,992 residents in 5,974 households — 2,181 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Northampton South constituency.

Residents, 202114,992council ward average 12,164
Households5,9742.51 residents per household
Density2,181/ km²about 6.87 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+16.4%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 838
5–96.3% · 937
10–157.4% · 1,115
16–193.8% · 574
20–244.8% · 713
25–3413.5% · 2,026
35–4921.6% · 3,230
50–6420.7% · 3,094
65–749.6% · 1,432
75–844.9% · 731
85+1.9% · 291

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.5% · 445
1 car or van37.8% · 2,256
2 cars or vans39.9% · 2,381
3 or more14.9% · 889
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Northamptonshire overall: 64.8% owned, 14.4% social rented, 19.1% private rented.

Owned outright35.0% · 2,093
With mortgage40.1% · 2,396
Shared ownership1.1% · 63
Social rented4.6% · 278
Private rented19.2% · 1,147
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house58.7% · 3,501
Semi-detached house24.2% · 1,447
Terraced house13.4% · 799
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 205
Converted house0.1% · 8
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.