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Electoral wardE05016170

Dalton & Dawdon ward, County Durham

Dalton & Dawdon is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,836 residents in 4,698 households — 2,438 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Easington constituency.

Residents, 202110,836council ward average 10,237
Households4,6982.31 residents per household
Density2,438/ km²about 4.44 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+19.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 641
5–96.1% · 664
10–157.4% · 804
16–194.5% · 483
20–245.6% · 609
25–3412.9% · 1,400
35–4917.2% · 1,864
50–6420.7% · 2,245
65–7410.7% · 1,162
75–846.6% · 710
85+2.3% · 248

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.8% · 1,542
1 car or van41.3% · 1,939
2 cars or vans20.1% · 945
3 or more5.8% · 273
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.9% · 1,497
With mortgage24.6% · 1,157
Shared ownership0.1% · 5
Social rented24.2% · 1,137
Private rented19.0% · 890
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house14.0% · 659
Semi-detached house27.4% · 1,290
Terraced house55.6% · 2,614
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 68
Converted house0.9% · 41
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016170
Constituency
Easington
Region
North East
Density rank in council
4 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Dalton-le-DaleSeaham

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlackhalls & Hesledens26.9% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,778CCastle Eden & Passfield23.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned6,239EEasington & Shotton19.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned16,614HHorden & Dene House22.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned10,721MMurton19.5% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned10,491PPeterlee16.0% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,597SSeaham21.2% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned11,434TThornley & Wheatley Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned5,690TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443

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