Derwent & Pont Valley ward, County Durham

Derwent & Pont Valley is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 17,175 residents in 7,891 households — 422 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blaydon and Consett constituency.

Residents, 202117,175council ward average 10,237

Households7,8912.18 residents per household

Density422/ km²about 40.68 km² · County Durham 234

Aged 65+23.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 760

5–95.6% · 955

10–156.5% · 1,110

16–193.3% · 573

20–244.4% · 755

25–3411.2% · 1,923

35–4918.0% · 3,095

50–6423.0% · 3,949

65–7412.8% · 2,191

75–848.1% · 1,392

85+2.7% · 469

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.0% · 1,501

1 car or van42.7% · 3,367

2 cars or vans28.8% · 2,274

3 or more9.5% · 747

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.4% · 2,947

With mortgage32.7% · 2,580

Shared ownership0.3% · 23

Social rented15.9% · 1,253

Private rented13.7% · 1,082

Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house21.9% · 1,726

Semi-detached house34.0% · 2,680

Terraced house41.4% · 3,268

Purpose-built flat1.6% · 128

Converted house0.4% · 30

Other conversion0.4% · 29

Above shop / office0.3% · 24

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016173
Council: Durham County Council
Constituency: Blaydon and Consett
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 32 of 51

Other wards in the same constituency

BBenfieldside21.5% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned9,752 CConsett North21.5% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned5,556 CConsett South17.6% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,698 DDelves Lane17.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned9,908

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