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Electoral wardE05016174

Easington & Shotton ward, County Durham

Easington & Shotton is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,614 residents in 7,642 households — 306 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the City of Durham and Easington constituencies.

Residents, 202116,614council ward average 10,237
Households7,6422.17 residents per household
Density306/ km²about 54.38 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+19.7%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 880
5–95.6% · 925
10–157.0% · 1,165
16–194.3% · 710
20–245.2% · 872
25–3412.5% · 2,082
35–4918.4% · 3,050
50–6422.0% · 3,660
65–7410.9% · 1,815
75–846.2% · 1,034
85+2.6% · 424

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.6% · 1,954
1 car or van41.1% · 3,140
2 cars or vans25.4% · 1,939
3 or more8.0% · 611
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.2% · 2,460
With mortgage28.0% · 2,143
Shared ownership0.2% · 15
Social rented23.0% · 1,761
Private rented16.4% · 1,253
Lives rent free0.1% · 10

Type of home

Detached house21.7% · 1,655
Semi-detached house41.0% · 3,133
Terraced house33.6% · 2,563
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 211
Converted house0.4% · 28
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016174
Region
North East
Density rank in council
41 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Easington CollieryEasington VillageHaswellShadforthShotton

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelmont26.9% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned10,734BBlackhalls & Hesledens26.9% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,778BBrandon19.4% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned12,124CCastle Eden & Passfield23.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned6,239DDalton & Dawdon19.6% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned10,836DDeerness20.1% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned11,325EElvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe9.6% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned18,469FFramwellgate & Newton Hall24.0% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned13,917HHorden & Dene House22.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned10,721LLangley & Esh20.9% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned4,831LLumley & West Rainton24.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned9,600MMurton19.5% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned10,491NNeville's Cross14.2% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned9,959PPeterlee16.0% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,597

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