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Electoral wardE05016180
Lanchester & Burnhope ward, County Durham
Lanchester & Burnhope is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,993 residents in 2,761 households — 96 people per km², the 40th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.
Residents, 20215,993council ward average 10,237
Households2,7612.17 residents per household
Density96/ km²about 62.17 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+27.9%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 277
5–95.7% · 340
10–157.3% · 439
16–193.1% · 187
20–243.4% · 201
25–348.6% · 513
35–4917.6% · 1,052
50–6421.8% · 1,307
65–7415.2% · 908
75–849.5% · 568
85+3.2% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.2% · 418
1 car or van43.7% · 1,206
2 cars or vans30.6% · 844
3 or more10.5% · 290
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright46.3% · 1,281
With mortgage28.5% · 788
Shared ownership0.0% · 1
Social rented12.3% · 341
Private rented12.8% · 353
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house28.8% · 795
Semi-detached house46.2% · 1,276
Terraced house21.3% · 588
Purpose-built flat2.2% · 61
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.9% · 24
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016180- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 45 of 51
Parishes in the ward
BurnhopeLanchester
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628CChester-le-Street North22.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,877CChester-le-Street South24.6% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned11,082CConsett South17.6% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,698CCraghead & South Moor15.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned12,543LLumley & West Rainton24.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned9,600NNorth Lodge29.1% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned4,986PPelton20.6% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,770SSacriston & Witton Gilbert20.3% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned10,168SStanley23.7% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned10,146WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.