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Electoral wardE05016167

Consett South ward, County Durham

Consett South is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,698 residents in 2,480 households — 84 people per km², the 41st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blaydon and Consett and North Durham constituencies.

Residents, 20215,698council ward average 10,237
Households2,4802.3 residents per household
Density84/ km²about 67.83 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+17.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 331
5–96.6% · 378
10–158.5% · 483
16–193.9% · 225
20–245.9% · 338
25–3412.4% · 708
35–4919.2% · 1,095
50–6420.0% · 1,137
65–749.8% · 557
75–846.3% · 358
85+1.5% · 88

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.8% · 566
1 car or van40.2% · 997
2 cars or vans27.2% · 675
3 or more9.7% · 241
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.4% · 729
With mortgage32.1% · 796
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented22.0% · 544
Private rented16.4% · 406
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house20.0% · 495
Semi-detached house50.2% · 1,241
Terraced house27.3% · 675
Purpose-built flat1.1% · 26
Converted house0.2% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office1.0% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016167
Region
North East
Density rank in council
47 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Healeyfield

Other wards in the same constituency

AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628BBenfieldside21.5% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned9,752CChester-le-Street North22.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,877CChester-le-Street South24.6% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned11,082CConsett North21.5% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned5,556CCraghead & South Moor15.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned12,543DDelves Lane17.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned9,908DDerwent & Pont Valley23.6% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned17,175LLanchester & 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% owned10,146

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.