Electoral wardE05016169
Crook ward, County Durham
Crook is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,041 residents in 6,443 households — 522 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.
Residents, 202114,041council ward average 10,237
Households6,4432.18 residents per household
Density522/ km²about 26.87 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+21.4%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 811
5–95.9% · 829
10–157.0% · 989
16–194.1% · 570
20–244.8% · 668
25–3411.3% · 1,586
35–4918.3% · 2,569
50–6421.5% · 3,025
65–7412.1% · 1,702
75–847.0% · 989
85+2.2% · 311
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.0% · 1,549
1 car or van42.3% · 2,727
2 cars or vans25.5% · 1,647
3 or more8.1% · 524
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright33.8% · 2,179
With mortgage28.0% · 1,808
Shared ownership0.1% · 9
Social rented21.1% · 1,358
Private rented16.9% · 1,089
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house22.6% · 1,455
Semi-detached house29.8% · 1,918
Terraced house42.6% · 2,744
Purpose-built flat3.9% · 249
Converted house0.2% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 15
Above shop / office0.7% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016169- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 30 of 51
Parishes in the ward
Witton-le-Wear
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314LLower Teesdale27.7% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned8,601SShildon & Dene Valley20.6% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned17,852SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934UUpper Teesdale29.1% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned4,971WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092WWest Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned11,026WWillington & Hunwick21.5% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,236
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.