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Electoral wardE05016154

Aycliffe South ward, County Durham

Aycliffe South is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,512 residents in 7,099 households — 919 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituency.

Residents, 202115,512council ward average 10,237
Households7,0992.19 residents per household
Density919/ km²about 16.89 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+21.9%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 823
5–96.2% · 955
10–157.6% · 1,177
16–194.4% · 687
20–245.2% · 807
25–3411.3% · 1,755
35–4916.7% · 2,591
50–6421.5% · 3,330
65–7411.6% · 1,795
75–847.2% · 1,122
85+3.1% · 474

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.6% · 2,172
1 car or van43.5% · 3,087
2 cars or vans19.5% · 1,381
3 or more6.4% · 451
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright28.8% · 2,043
With mortgage24.1% · 1,715
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented31.4% · 2,231
Private rented15.2% · 1,082
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house12.4% · 879
Semi-detached house25.4% · 1,804
Terraced house57.0% · 4,049
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 333
Converted house0.1% · 8
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016154
Region
North East
Density rank in council
20 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Great Aycliffe

Other wards in the same constituency

AAycliffe North & Middridge21.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned11,318BBowburn & Coxhoe20.4% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned14,609CChilton19.3% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned4,696FFerryhill23.3% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned11,670SSedgefield24.5% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,415SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443TTudhoe20.3% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned10,392

All 51 wards of County Durham

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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.