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Electoral wardE05016201
West Auckland ward, County Durham
West Auckland is one of 51 electoral wards of Durham County Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,026 residents in 4,912 households — 334 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bishop Auckland constituency.
Residents, 202111,026council ward average 10,237
Households4,9122.24 residents per household
Density334/ km²about 33.05 km² · County Durham 234
Aged 65+22.0%County Durham: 21.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 543
5–95.7% · 630
10–157.1% · 784
16–193.7% · 413
20–245.0% · 547
25–3410.6% · 1,166
35–4917.9% · 1,970
50–6423.1% · 2,553
65–7413.0% · 1,438
75–846.9% · 757
85+2.1% · 228
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.0% · 886
1 car or van41.7% · 2,050
2 cars or vans30.0% · 1,473
3 or more10.3% · 505
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; County Durham overall: 62.5% owned, 20.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.
Owned outright39.4% · 1,936
With mortgage30.0% · 1,473
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented14.9% · 730
Private rented15.5% · 760
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.2% · 1,436
Semi-detached house36.5% · 1,792
Terraced house32.6% · 1,601
Purpose-built flat1.0% · 49
Converted house0.1% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016201- Council
- Durham County Council
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 38 of 51
Parishes in the ward
EtherleyWest Auckland
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% owned9,934UUpper Teesdale29.1% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned4,971WWeardale28.6% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned10,092WWillington & Hunwick21.5% aged 65+ · 63.1% owned9,236
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.