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Electoral wardE05016176

Evenwood ward, County Durham

Evenwood is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,314 residents in 1,986 households — 40 people per km², the 51st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.

Residents, 20214,314council ward average 10,237
Households1,9862.17 residents per household
Density40/ km²about 107.85 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+25.8%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 198
5–94.6% · 200
10–156.5% · 278
16–193.3% · 143
20–244.0% · 174
25–349.3% · 399
35–4917.1% · 737
50–6424.8% · 1,067
65–7415.6% · 674
75–847.5% · 321
85+2.7% · 117

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.3% · 264
1 car or van44.3% · 878
2 cars or vans27.7% · 550
3 or more14.7% · 292
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.5% · 845
With mortgage25.2% · 500
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented14.1% · 281
Private rented17.8% · 353

Type of home

Detached house31.4% · 623
Semi-detached house24.5% · 486
Terraced house43.3% · 859
Purpose-built flat0.2% · 4
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016176
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Region
North East
Density rank in council
49 of 51

Parishes in the ward

EtherleyEvenwood and BaronyHamsterleyLands common to Hamsterley, Lynesack and Softley and South BedburnLynesack and SoftleySouth BedburnWoodland

Other wards in the same constituency

BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131CCrook21.4% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,041LLower 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

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