Electoral wardE05016187
Pelton ward, County Durham
Pelton is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,770 residents in 6,841 households — 768 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.
Residents, 202114,770council ward average 10,237
Households6,8412.16 residents per household
Density768/ km²about 19.22 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+20.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 725
5–95.6% · 825
10–156.0% · 892
16–193.8% · 556
20–244.8% · 702
25–3413.6% · 2,015
35–4918.0% · 2,657
50–6422.8% · 3,362
65–7411.5% · 1,694
75–847.0% · 1,036
85+2.1% · 309
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.1% · 1,378
1 car or van41.9% · 2,864
2 cars or vans29.0% · 1,984
3 or more9.0% · 616
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright33.2% · 2,275
With mortgage34.3% · 2,349
Shared ownership0.5% · 36
Social rented17.4% · 1,190
Private rented14.5% · 989
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house16.8% · 1,149
Semi-detached house43.5% · 2,974
Terraced house34.5% · 2,362
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 296
Converted house0.4% · 30
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016187- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 51
Parishes in the ward
OustonPeltonUrpeth
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% owned12,543LLanchester & Burnhope27.9% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,993LLumley & West Rainton24.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned9,600NNorth Lodge29.1% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned4,986SSacriston & 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.