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Electoral wardE05015997

Kingsthorpe South ward, West Northamptonshire

Kingsthorpe South is one of 35 electoral wards of West Northamptonshire Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,640 residents in 4,503 households — 4,389 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Daventry and Northampton North constituencies.

Residents, 202111,640council ward average 12,164
Households4,5032.58 residents per household
Density4,389/ km²about 2.65 km² · West Northamptonshire 309
Aged 65+10.1%West Northamptonshire: 17.1% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 785
5–96.7% · 777
10–157.4% · 862
16–196.3% · 734
20–248.1% · 948
25–3417.8% · 2,077
35–4921.2% · 2,474
50–6415.6% · 1,811
65–745.7% · 668
75–843.1% · 360
85+1.3% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.1% · 1,175
1 car or van45.5% · 2,049
2 cars or vans22.4% · 1,007
3 or more6.0% · 272
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.8% · 757
With mortgage31.6% · 1,425
Shared ownership2.2% · 98
Social rented24.9% · 1,124
Private rented24.0% · 1,084
Lives rent free0.5% · 21

Type of home

Detached house7.1% · 321
Semi-detached house30.9% · 1,389
Terraced house42.6% · 1,919
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 753
Converted house1.8% · 81
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.