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Wards of Durham County Council

Durham County Council is divided into 51 electoral wards, spread over 6 Westminster constituencies. At the 2021 Census they had 522,081 residents in 234,755 households, 234 people per km². 21.3% were aged 65 or over and 62.5% of households owned their home.

Wards51
Average ward10,237residents
Under 1616.9%
No car or van24.1%
WardResidentsHouseholdsPeople / km²Aged 65+OwnedNo carConstituency
Annfield Plain & Tanfield10,6284,92764522.3%58.0%27.4%North Durham
Aycliffe North & Middridge11,3184,9571,48721.6%69.1%17.5%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Aycliffe South15,5127,09991921.9%52.9%30.6%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Barnard Castle4,5882,1841,09030.5%67.7%22.4%Bishop Auckland
Belmont10,7345,0471,56826.9%69.5%24.3%City of Durham
Benfieldside9,7524,4532,96821.5%68.5%20.6%Blaydon and Consett
Bishop Auckland16,1317,5091,99622.0%58.7%30.9%Bishop Auckland
Blackhalls & Hesledens4,7782,36066326.9%60.2%29.5%Easington
Bowburn & Coxhoe14,6096,85330420.4%60.4%21.2%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Brandon12,1245,67736619.4%56.9%25.5%City of Durham
Castle Eden & Passfield6,2392,79022623.5%72.2%18.0%Easington
Chester-le-Street North8,8774,2492,35122.4%60.6%28.9%North Durham
Chester-le-Street South11,0825,17292824.6%68.5%22.9%North Durham
Chilton4,6962,18633219.3%63.4%21.6%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Consett North5,5562,7292,75621.5%57.3%31.3%Blaydon and Consett
Consett South5,6982,4808417.6%61.5%22.8%Blaydon and Consett, North Durham
Craghead & South Moor12,5435,7241,14015.4%54.3%30.6%North Durham
Crook14,0416,44352221.4%61.8%24.0%Bishop Auckland
Dalton & Dawdon10,8364,6982,43819.6%56.5%32.8%Easington
Deerness11,3255,26619920.1%59.8%23.8%City of Durham
Delves Lane9,9084,2721,98417.1%71.2%20.7%Blaydon and Consett
Derwent & Pont Valley17,1757,89142223.6%70.1%19.0%Blaydon and Consett
Easington & Shotton16,6147,64230619.7%60.2%25.6%City of Durham, Easington
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe18,4694,8399909.6%39.6%37.0%City of Durham
Evenwood4,3141,9864025.8%67.7%13.3%Bishop Auckland
Ferryhill11,6705,67255123.3%54.7%29.6%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Framwellgate & Newton Hall13,9175,99499524.0%73.2%19.9%City of Durham
Horden & Dene House10,7215,1581,64922.1%52.6%36.4%Easington
Lanchester & Burnhope5,9932,7619627.9%74.8%15.2%North Durham
Langley & Esh4,8312,21336920.9%64.8%20.7%City of Durham
Lower Teesdale8,6013,9416827.7%67.0%14.0%Bishop Auckland
Lumley & West Rainton9,6004,39539024.7%67.1%20.4%City of Durham, North Durham
Murton10,4914,84271819.5%59.9%26.5%Easington
Neville's Cross9,9593,2551,36814.2%73.2%15.4%City of Durham
North Lodge4,9862,27285929.1%83.6%14.2%North Durham
Pelton14,7706,84176820.6%67.6%20.1%North Durham
Peterlee12,5975,4703,08016.0%51.7%33.6%Easington
Pittington & Sherburn4,5992,12734623.8%68.5%17.9%City of Durham
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert10,1684,60240520.3%63.1%21.5%City of Durham, North Durham
Seaham11,4345,1551,00621.2%67.9%24.1%Easington
Sedgefield9,4154,2609024.5%72.7%14.2%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Shildon & Dene Valley17,8528,39854620.6%55.7%30.4%Bishop Auckland
Spennymoor9,9344,59580720.7%63.1%23.4%Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Stanley10,1464,7881,11623.7%55.0%30.7%North Durham
Thornley & Wheatley Hill5,6902,61154021.1%61.1%24.9%Easington
Trimdon & Wingate11,4435,11443018.9%61.2%23.6%Easington, Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Tudhoe10,3924,7881,12620.3%61.0%22.6%Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Upper Teesdale4,9712,312929.1%67.4%9.5%Bishop Auckland
Weardale10,0924,7442528.6%69.3%15.3%Bishop Auckland, North Durham
West Auckland11,0264,91233422.0%69.4%18.0%Bishop Auckland
Willington & Hunwick9,2364,10232421.5%63.1%22.7%Bishop Auckland, City of Durham
51 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0

Westminster constituencies

Number of County Durham wards in each (a ward may be split).

NNorth Durham12 wards in total12CCity of Durham12 wards in total12BBishop Auckland11 wards in total11EEasington10 wards in total10NNewton Aycliffe and Spennymoor9 wards in total9BBlaydon and Consett5 wards in total5

Council offices

CSocial Care & HealthCouncil office · Durham DH1 5ULTTow Law Town CouncilTown council · London DL13 4AYPLanchester Parish CouncilParish council · Durham DH7 0LSPTrimdon Parish CouncilParish council · Trimdon Station TS29 6JU
Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to County Durham