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Electoral wardE05016183

Lumley & West Rainton ward, County Durham

Lumley & West Rainton is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,600 residents in 4,395 households — 390 people per km², the 34th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the City of Durham and North Durham constituencies.

Residents, 20219,600council ward average 10,237
Households4,3952.18 residents per household
Density390/ km²about 24.59 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+24.7%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 378
5–95.2% · 502
10–156.7% · 648
16–194.2% · 401
20–245.0% · 476
25–349.6% · 919
35–4917.5% · 1,684
50–6423.1% · 2,221
65–7414.0% · 1,348
75–848.1% · 782
85+2.5% · 242

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 895
1 car or van40.8% · 1,795
2 cars or vans29.4% · 1,291
3 or more9.4% · 415
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.1% · 1,677
With mortgage29.0% · 1,276
Shared ownership0.0% · 2
Social rented20.9% · 921
Private rented11.8% · 518
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house26.2% · 1,155
Semi-detached house45.2% · 1,988
Terraced house24.1% · 1,061
Purpose-built flat3.3% · 144
Converted house0.3% · 15
Other conversion0.3% · 13
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016183
Region
North East
Density rank in council
34 of 51

Parishes in the ward

BournmoorGreat LumleyLittle LumleyWest Rainton and Leamside

Other wards in the same constituency

AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628BBelmont26.9% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned10,734BBrandon19.4% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned12,124CChester-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% owned12,543DDeerness20.1% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned11,325EEasington & Shotton19.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned16,614EElvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe9.6% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned18,469FFramwellgate & Newton Hall24.0% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned13,917LLanchester & Burnhope27.9% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,993LLangley & Esh20.9% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned4,831NNeville's Cross14.2% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned9,959

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