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Electoral wardE05016172
Delves Lane ward, County Durham
Delves Lane is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,908 residents in 4,272 households — 1,984 people per km², the 32nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blaydon and Consett constituency.
Residents, 20219,908council ward average 10,237
Households4,2722.32 residents per household
Density1,984/ km²about 4.99 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+17.1%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 550
5–96.6% · 657
10–157.7% · 765
16–194.6% · 456
20–245.0% · 500
25–3412.9% · 1,281
35–4920.6% · 2,037
50–6419.9% · 1,966
65–749.0% · 893
75–845.8% · 571
85+2.3% · 226
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.7% · 882
1 car or van42.1% · 1,796
2 cars or vans29.4% · 1,257
3 or more7.8% · 335
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.8% · 1,359
With mortgage39.4% · 1,682
Shared ownership0.5% · 21
Social rented11.2% · 478
Private rented17.1% · 732
Type of home
Detached house25.9% · 1,106
Semi-detached house30.8% · 1,315
Terraced house40.4% · 1,725
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 99
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016172- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 51
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.