Electoral wardE05016191
Seaham ward, County Durham
Seaham is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,434 residents in 5,155 households — 1,006 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Easington constituency.
Residents, 202111,434council ward average 10,237
Households5,1552.22 residents per household
Density1,006/ km²about 11.37 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+21.2%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 518
5–95.9% · 680
10–156.9% · 784
16–193.7% · 419
20–244.4% · 503
25–3410.8% · 1,236
35–4919.1% · 2,181
50–6423.5% · 2,683
65–7411.4% · 1,308
75–846.7% · 765
85+3.1% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.1% · 1,241
1 car or van41.9% · 2,159
2 cars or vans26.7% · 1,375
3 or more7.3% · 378
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 1,805
With mortgage32.9% · 1,699
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented18.4% · 951
Private rented13.4% · 692
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house17.9% · 920
Semi-detached house46.1% · 2,376
Terraced house23.7% · 1,221
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 506
Converted house1.1% · 58
Other conversion0.3% · 17
Above shop / office1.0% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016191- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Easington
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 51
Parishes in the ward
SeahamSeaton with Slingley
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% owned10,721MMurton19.5% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned10,491PPeterlee16.0% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,597TThornley & 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.