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Stanley ward, County Durham

Stanley is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,146 residents in 4,788 households — 1,116 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Durham constituency.

Residents, 202110,146council ward average 10,237
Households4,7882.12 residents per household
Density1,116/ km²about 9.09 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+23.7%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 433
5–95.2% · 530
10–156.9% · 697
16–193.8% · 382
20–244.7% · 474
25–3411.7% · 1,183
35–4917.7% · 1,801
50–6422.1% · 2,239
65–7412.8% · 1,294
75–847.8% · 788
85+3.2% · 326

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.7% · 1,471
1 car or van41.5% · 1,985
2 cars or vans21.4% · 1,023
3 or more6.4% · 308
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.2% · 1,444
With mortgage24.8% · 1,188
Shared ownership0.1% · 6
Social rented25.6% · 1,227
Private rented19.2% · 921
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house12.9% · 619
Semi-detached house29.9% · 1,432
Terraced house52.1% · 2,491
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 183
Converted house0.3% · 15
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
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.