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Electoral wardE05016164

Chester-le-Street South ward, County Durham

Chester-le-Street South is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,082 residents in 5,172 households — 928 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.

Residents, 202111,082council ward average 10,237
Households5,1722.14 residents per household
Density928/ km²about 11.94 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+24.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 437
5–94.8% · 531
10–156.8% · 752
16–194.2% · 460
20–244.6% · 509
25–349.0% · 999
35–4916.6% · 1,835
50–6425.5% · 2,824
65–7413.1% · 1,453
75–848.3% · 924
85+3.2% · 350

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 1,185
1 car or van40.8% · 2,108
2 cars or vans27.2% · 1,407
3 or more9.1% · 468
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.5% · 1,991
With mortgage30.0% · 1,550
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented21.0% · 1,087
Private rented10.0% · 518
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house28.7% · 1,482
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,469
Terraced house31.0% · 1,600
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 516
Converted house1.4% · 70
Other conversion0.4% · 19
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016164
Constituency
North Durham
Region
North East
Density rank in council
19 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Waldridge

Other wards in the same constituency

AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628CChester-le-Street North22.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,877CConsett 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.