Electoral wardE05016184
Murton ward, County Durham
Murton is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,491 residents in 4,842 households — 718 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Easington constituency.
Residents, 202110,491council ward average 10,237
Households4,8422.17 residents per household
Density718/ km²about 14.62 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+19.5%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 522
5–96.0% · 631
10–157.1% · 749
16–193.9% · 410
20–245.1% · 531
25–3412.8% · 1,341
35–4919.2% · 2,011
50–6421.5% · 2,252
65–7410.7% · 1,120
75–846.7% · 703
85+2.1% · 221
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.5% · 1,282
1 car or van44.0% · 2,130
2 cars or vans22.7% · 1,101
3 or more6.8% · 330
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright31.9% · 1,542
With mortgage28.0% · 1,356
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented23.0% · 1,113
Private rented16.8% · 813
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house12.8% · 622
Semi-detached house48.7% · 2,357
Terraced house35.2% · 1,705
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 118
Converted house0.3% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016184- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Easington
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 51
Parishes in the ward
HawthornMurtonSouth Hetton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlackhalls & Hesledens26.9% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,778CCastle Eden & Passfield23.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned6,239DDalton & Dawdon19.6% aged 65+ · 56.5% owned10,836EEasington & Shotton19.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned16,614HHorden & Dene House22.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned10,721PPeterlee16.0% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,597SSeaham21.2% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned11,434TThornley & Wheatley Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned5,690TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443
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.