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Electoral wardE05016182

Lower Teesdale ward, County Durham

Lower Teesdale is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,601 residents in 3,941 households — 68 people per km², the 38th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.

Residents, 20218,601council ward average 10,237
Households3,9412.18 residents per household
Density68/ km²about 126.11 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+27.7%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 304
5–94.0% · 340
10–156.2% · 531
16–194.6% · 398
20–246.5% · 562
25–348.1% · 698
35–4915.1% · 1,298
50–6424.3% · 2,091
65–7415.1% · 1,302
75–849.3% · 801
85+3.2% · 275

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.0% · 551
1 car or van44.4% · 1,747
2 cars or vans29.9% · 1,178
3 or more11.8% · 463
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.2% · 1,742
With mortgage22.8% · 899
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented12.6% · 496
Private rented20.0% · 787
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house29.2% · 1,151
Semi-detached house29.9% · 1,177
Terraced house34.8% · 1,370
Purpose-built flat3.3% · 132
Converted house0.7% · 29
Other conversion0.9% · 36
Above shop / office1.1% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016182
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Region
North East
Density rank in council
48 of 51

Parishes in the ward

BarforthBolamCleatlamCockfieldEgglestone AbbeyGainfordHeadlamHiltonHutton MagnaIngletonLangleydale and ShottonLangtonMarwoodMorton TinmouthOvingtonRaby with KeverstoneStaindropStartforthStreatlam and StaintonWackerfieldWestwickWhorltonWinstonWycliffe with Thorpe

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% owned14,041EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314SShildon & 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.