- Home
- Councils
- County Durham
- Wards
- Weardale
Electoral wardE05016200
Weardale ward, County Durham
Weardale is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,092 residents in 4,744 households — 25 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland and North Durham constituencies.
Residents, 202110,092council ward average 10,237
Households4,7442.13 residents per household
Density25/ km²about 408.58 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+28.6%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 330
5–94.4% · 442
10–156.6% · 661
16–193.7% · 374
20–243.4% · 344
25–347.9% · 797
35–4916.2% · 1,631
50–6426.0% · 2,623
65–7415.8% · 1,590
75–849.3% · 939
85+3.5% · 353
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.3% · 724
1 car or van41.6% · 1,967
2 cars or vans31.5% · 1,490
3 or more11.7% · 553
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright45.9% · 2,177
With mortgage23.4% · 1,112
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented14.0% · 664
Private rented16.5% · 782
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house29.7% · 1,409
Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,341
Terraced house37.3% · 1,768
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 110
Converted house0.4% · 18
Other conversion0.8% · 38
Above shop / office0.7% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016200- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland, North Durham
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 50 of 51
Parishes in the ward
EdmondbyersHunstanworthMuggleswickStanhopeTow LawWolsinghamWolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAnnfield Plain & Tanfield22.3% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,628BBarnard Castle30.5% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,588BBishop Auckland22.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned16,131CChester-le-Street North22.4% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned8,877CChester-le-Street South24.6% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned11,082CConsett South17.6% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,698CCraghead & South Moor15.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned12,543CCrook21.4% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,041EEvenwood25.8% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned4,314LLanchester & Burnhope27.9% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,993LLower Teesdale27.7% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned8,601LLumley & West Rainton24.7% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned9,600NNorth Lodge29.1% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned4,986PPelton20.6% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,770
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.