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Electoral wardE05016168

Craghead & South Moor ward, County Durham

Craghead & South Moor is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,543 residents in 5,724 households — 1,140 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.

Residents, 202112,543council ward average 10,237
Households5,7242.19 residents per household
Density1,140/ km²about 11.00 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+15.4%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 711
5–97.2% · 906
10–158.3% · 1,047
16–194.2% · 528
20–245.8% · 727
25–3414.6% · 1,830
35–4919.1% · 2,395
50–6419.7% · 2,468
65–749.4% · 1,180
75–844.8% · 601
85+1.2% · 152

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.6% · 1,750
1 car or van41.2% · 2,361
2 cars or vans21.6% · 1,235
3 or more6.6% · 380
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.8% · 1,476
With mortgage28.5% · 1,631
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented21.9% · 1,254
Private rented23.6% · 1,352
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house12.2% · 698
Semi-detached house29.3% · 1,680
Terraced house54.1% · 3,099
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 99
Converted house2.0% · 114
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016168
Constituency
North Durham
Region
North East
Density rank in council
12 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Stanley

Other wards in the same constituency

AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628CChester-le-Street North22.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,877CChester-le-Street South24.6% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned11,082CConsett South17.6% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,698LLanchester & 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.