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Electoral wardE05016155

Barnard Castle ward, County Durham

Barnard Castle is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,588 residents in 2,184 households — 1,090 people per km², the 50th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.

Residents, 20214,588council ward average 10,237
Households2,1842.1 residents per household
Density1,090/ km²about 4.21 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+30.5%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 160
5–95.2% · 239
10–156.5% · 300
16–194.0% · 184
20–244.2% · 193
25–348.6% · 394
35–4914.9% · 684
50–6422.5% · 1,031
65–7414.3% · 657
75–8410.8% · 493
85+5.5% · 251

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.4% · 489
1 car or van47.1% · 1,030
2 cars or vans23.8% · 520
3 or more6.7% · 146
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.1% · 986
With mortgage22.6% · 494
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented18.9% · 412
Private rented13.1% · 287

Type of home

Detached house22.6% · 493
Semi-detached house36.9% · 804
Terraced house25.4% · 554
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 253
Converted house1.0% · 22
Other conversion0.9% · 20
Above shop / office0.6% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016155
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Region
North East
Density rank in council
15 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Barnard Castle

Other wards in the same constituency

BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131CCrook21.4% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,041EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314LLower Teesdale27.7% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned8,601SShildon & Dene Valley20.6% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned17,852SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934UUpper Teesdale29.1% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned4,971WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092WWest Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned11,026WWillington & Hunwick21.5% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,236

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