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Electoral wardE05016163

Chester-le-Street North ward, County Durham

Chester-le-Street North is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,877 residents in 4,249 households — 2,351 people per km², the 37th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.

Residents, 20218,877council ward average 10,237
Households4,2492.09 residents per household
Density2,351/ km²about 3.78 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+22.4%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 415
5–95.5% · 486
10–156.6% · 589
16–193.9% · 346
20–245.5% · 489
25–3412.1% · 1,074
35–4917.4% · 1,548
50–6421.9% · 1,943
65–7411.7% · 1,038
75–848.1% · 718
85+2.6% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.9% · 1,230
1 car or van43.9% · 1,866
2 cars or vans21.6% · 917
3 or more5.6% · 237
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.7% · 1,434
With mortgage26.9% · 1,146
Shared ownership0.5% · 20
Social rented20.5% · 873
Private rented18.3% · 779
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house8.8% · 373
Semi-detached house40.8% · 1,738
Terraced house40.8% · 1,740
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 327
Converted house1.1% · 48
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.4% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016163
Constituency
North Durham
Region
North East
Density rank in council
5 of 51

Other wards in the same constituency

AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628CChester-le-Street South24.6% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned11,082CConsett South17.6% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,698CCraghead & South Moor15.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned12,543LLanchester & Burnhope27.9% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,993LLumley & West Rainton24.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned9,600NNorth Lodge29.1% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned4,986PPelton20.6% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,770SSacriston & Witton Gilbert20.3% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned10,168SStanley23.7% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned10,146WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092

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