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Electoral wardE05016177

Ferryhill ward, County Durham

Ferryhill is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,670 residents in 5,672 households — 551 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituency.

Residents, 202111,670council ward average 10,237
Households5,6722.06 residents per household
Density551/ km²about 21.19 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+23.3%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 632
5–95.0% · 581
10–156.3% · 736
16–194.1% · 475
20–245.5% · 647
25–3411.2% · 1,303
35–4916.5% · 1,926
50–6422.7% · 2,645
65–7413.7% · 1,602
75–847.4% · 868
85+2.1% · 250

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.6% · 1,680
1 car or van41.5% · 2,354
2 cars or vans22.2% · 1,257
3 or more6.7% · 378
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.2% · 1,827
With mortgage22.5% · 1,279
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented22.4% · 1,272
Private rented22.4% · 1,272
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house17.2% · 976
Semi-detached house36.6% · 2,077
Terraced house43.0% · 2,441
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 77
Converted house1.1% · 61
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 14
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016177
Region
North East
Density rank in council
27 of 51

Parishes in the ward

FerryhillSpennymoor

Other wards in the same constituency

AAycliffe North & Middridge21.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned11,318AAycliffe South21.9% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned15,512BBowburn & Coxhoe20.4% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned14,609CChilton19.3% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned4,696SSedgefield24.5% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,415SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443TTudhoe20.3% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned10,392

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.