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Electoral wardE05016194

Spennymoor ward, County Durham

Spennymoor is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,934 residents in 4,595 households — 807 people per km², the 31st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland and Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor constituencies.

Residents, 20219,934council ward average 10,237
Households4,5952.16 residents per household
Density807/ km²about 12.31 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+20.7%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 472
5–95.5% · 544
10–157.0% · 695
16–194.3% · 431
20–245.4% · 539
25–3411.8% · 1,175
35–4919.3% · 1,917
50–6421.2% · 2,104
65–7412.3% · 1,223
75–846.3% · 626
85+2.1% · 206

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.4% · 1,076
1 car or van41.6% · 1,909
2 cars or vans27.5% · 1,262
3 or more7.5% · 344
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.1% · 1,475
With mortgage31.0% · 1,424
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented21.3% · 981
Private rented15.3% · 705
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.4% · 1,075
Semi-detached house35.8% · 1,647
Terraced house34.1% · 1,568
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 244
Converted house0.5% · 23
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016194
Region
North East
Density rank in council
22 of 51

Parishes in the ward

Spennymoor

Other wards in the same constituency

AAycliffe North & Middridge21.6% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned11,318AAycliffe South21.9% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned15,512BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131BBowburn & Coxhoe20.4% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned14,609CChilton19.3% aged 65+ · 63.4% owned4,696CCrook21.4% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,041EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314FFerryhill23.3% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned11,670LLower Teesdale27.7% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned8,601SSedgefield24.5% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,415SShildon & Dene Valley20.6% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned17,852TTrimdon & 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.