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Electoral wardE05016192

Sedgefield ward, County Durham

Sedgefield is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,415 residents in 4,260 households — 90 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituency.

Residents, 20219,415council ward average 10,237
Households4,2602.21 residents per household
Density90/ km²about 104.50 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+24.5%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 366
5–95.2% · 493
10–157.1% · 671
16–194.3% · 402
20–243.8% · 360
25–349.9% · 935
35–4918.8% · 1,772
50–6422.4% · 2,105
65–7413.3% · 1,255
75–848.6% · 811
85+2.5% · 238

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 606
1 car or van42.4% · 1,805
2 cars or vans32.2% · 1,369
3 or more11.2% · 476
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.8% · 1,696
With mortgage32.9% · 1,402
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented12.5% · 531
Private rented14.3% · 608
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house30.4% · 1,296
Semi-detached house41.2% · 1,752
Terraced house23.2% · 989
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 175
Converted house0.4% · 16
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016192
Region
North East
Density rank in council
46 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Bishop MiddlehamBradbury and the IsleFishburnMordonSedgefield

Other wards in the same constituency

AAycliffe North & Middridge21.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned11,318AAycliffe South21.9% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned15,512BBowburn & Coxhoe20.4% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned14,609CChilton19.3% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned4,696FFerryhill23.3% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned11,670SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934TTrimdon & Wingate18.9% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned11,443TTudhoe20.3% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned10,392

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