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Electoral wardE05016159

Blackhalls & Hesledens ward, County Durham

Blackhalls & Hesledens is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,778 residents in 2,360 households — 663 people per km², the 47th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Easington constituency.

Residents, 20214,778council ward average 10,237
Households2,3602.02 residents per household
Density663/ km²about 7.20 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+26.9%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 205
5–94.6% · 221
10–155.4% · 260
16–193.0% · 141
20–245.1% · 246
25–3410.1% · 484
35–4916.6% · 794
50–6423.9% · 1,144
65–7414.5% · 693
75–848.8% · 422
85+3.5% · 169

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.5% · 696
1 car or van43.6% · 1,030
2 cars or vans19.4% · 458
3 or more7.5% · 178
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.2% · 901
With mortgage22.0% · 518
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented18.7% · 442
Private rented20.9% · 492
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house12.0% · 284
Semi-detached house30.8% · 728
Terraced house50.2% · 1,185
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 80
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.9% · 21
Above shop / office0.7% · 17
Caravan, mobile1.9% · 44
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016159
Constituency
Easington
Region
North East
Density rank in council
25 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Monk Hesleden

Other wards in the same constituency

CCastle Eden & Passfield23.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned6,239DDalton & Dawdon19.6% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned10,836EEasington & Shotton19.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned16,614HHorden & Dene House22.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned10,721MMurton19.5% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned10,491PPeterlee16.0% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,597SSeaham21.2% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned11,434TThornley & Wheatley Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned5,690TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443

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.