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Electoral wardE05016162

Castle Eden & Passfield ward, County Durham

Castle Eden & Passfield is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,239 residents in 2,790 households — 226 people per km², the 39th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Easington constituency.

Residents, 20216,239council ward average 10,237
Households2,7902.24 residents per household
Density226/ km²about 27.55 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+23.5%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 258
5–94.5% · 279
10–156.5% · 404
16–194.7% · 295
20–245.0% · 312
25–349.6% · 601
35–4917.2% · 1,073
50–6424.9% · 1,552
65–7414.1% · 881
75–847.3% · 454
85+2.1% · 132

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.0% · 502
1 car or van39.9% · 1,113
2 cars or vans30.9% · 863
3 or more11.2% · 311
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.8% · 1,167
With mortgage30.4% · 849
Social rented16.1% · 449
Private rented11.4% · 319
Lives rent free0.3% · 9

Type of home

Detached house41.7% · 1,163
Semi-detached house34.8% · 969
Terraced house18.6% · 517
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 110
Converted house0.5% · 13
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016162
Constituency
Easington
Region
North East
Density rank in council
43 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Castle EdenHutton Henry and Station TownNesbittPeterleeSheraton with Hulam

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackhalls & Hesledens26.9% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,778DDalton & 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.