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Electoral wardE05016157
Benfieldside ward, County Durham
Benfieldside is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,752 residents in 4,453 households — 2,968 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blaydon and Consett constituency.
Residents, 20219,752council ward average 10,237
Households4,4532.19 residents per household
Density2,968/ km²about 3.29 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+21.5%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 468
5–95.7% · 557
10–156.5% · 635
16–193.6% · 352
20–245.0% · 486
25–3411.3% · 1,106
35–4918.9% · 1,841
50–6422.7% · 2,217
65–7411.9% · 1,165
75–846.9% · 676
85+2.6% · 253
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.6% · 917
1 car or van41.9% · 1,868
2 cars or vans27.6% · 1,231
3 or more9.8% · 438
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 1,666
With mortgage31.1% · 1,384
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented16.0% · 712
Private rented15.4% · 684
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house20.1% · 895
Semi-detached house41.1% · 1,828
Terraced house30.8% · 1,373
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 258
Converted house0.8% · 35
Other conversion0.8% · 37
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016157- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 51
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.