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Electoral wardE05016193

Shildon & Dene Valley ward, County Durham

Shildon & Dene Valley is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 17,852 residents in 8,398 households — 546 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.

Residents, 202117,852council ward average 10,237
Households8,3982.13 residents per household
Density546/ km²about 32.71 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+20.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 1,000
5–96.1% · 1,082
10–156.8% · 1,217
16–194.2% · 748
20–245.3% · 938
25–3412.2% · 2,173
35–4917.6% · 3,142
50–6421.7% · 3,873
65–7412.0% · 2,145
75–846.2% · 1,105
85+2.4% · 426

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.4% · 2,553
1 car or van42.5% · 3,567
2 cars or vans20.9% · 1,753
3 or more6.2% · 522
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.7% · 2,658
With mortgage24.0% · 2,014
Shared ownership0.4% · 31
Social rented22.8% · 1,917
Private rented21.0% · 1,766
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house17.0% · 1,426
Semi-detached house24.9% · 2,088
Terraced house53.9% · 4,523
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 190
Converted house0.4% · 30
Other conversion0.3% · 26
Above shop / office0.4% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 79
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016193
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Region
North East
Density rank in council
28 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Dene ValleyEldonShildon

Other wards in the same constituency

BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131CCrook21.4% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,041EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314LLower Teesdale27.7% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned8,601SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934UUpper Teesdale29.1% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned4,971WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092WWest Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned11,026WWillington & Hunwick21.5% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,236

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