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Electoral wardE05016158
Bishop Auckland ward, County Durham
Bishop Auckland is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,131 residents in 7,509 households — 1,996 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.
Residents, 202116,131council ward average 10,237
Households7,5092.15 residents per household
Density1,996/ km²about 8.08 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+22.0%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 811
5–95.4% · 866
10–157.8% · 1,258
16–194.6% · 740
20–245.0% · 807
25–3411.3% · 1,825
35–4917.1% · 2,766
50–6421.7% · 3,509
65–7412.0% · 1,930
75–847.1% · 1,148
85+3.0% · 478
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.9% · 2,324
1 car or van41.0% · 3,082
2 cars or vans21.3% · 1,601
3 or more6.8% · 513
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright33.1% · 2,484
With mortgage25.6% · 1,925
Shared ownership0.2% · 18
Social rented20.7% · 1,551
Private rented20.3% · 1,524
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house16.9% · 1,266
Semi-detached house34.4% · 2,585
Terraced house38.9% · 2,918
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 586
Converted house0.8% · 59
Other conversion0.5% · 38
Above shop / office0.7% · 55
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016158- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 51
Parishes in the ward
Bishop Auckland
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588CCrook21.4% 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
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.