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Electoral wardE05016199

Upper Teesdale ward, County Durham

Upper Teesdale is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,971 residents in 2,312 households — 9 people per km², the 45th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.

Residents, 20214,971council ward average 10,237
Households2,3122.15 residents per household
Density9/ km²about 578.02 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+29.1%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 147
5–94.3% · 214
10–156.3% · 312
16–193.3% · 165
20–243.3% · 162
25–346.9% · 345
35–4914.2% · 706
50–6429.6% · 1,472
65–7417.3% · 859
75–849.2% · 458
85+2.6% · 131

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.5% · 220
1 car or van39.4% · 909
2 cars or vans34.0% · 783
3 or more17.1% · 394
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.0% · 1,087
With mortgage20.4% · 472
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented7.7% · 178
Private rented24.5% · 566

Type of home

Detached house47.3% · 1,093
Semi-detached house25.8% · 597
Terraced house24.8% · 574
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 9
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.6% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016199
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Region
North East
Density rank in council
51 of 51

Parishes in the ward

BarninghamBoldronBowesBrignallCotherstoneEgglestonForest and FrithGilmonbyHolwickHopeHunderthwaiteLartingtonLunedaleMarwoodMickletonMiddleton in TeesdaleNewbigginRokebyRomaldkirkScargill

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% owned8,601SShildon & Dene Valley20.6% aged 65+ · 55.7% owned17,852SSpennymoor20.7% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,934WWeardale28.6% 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.