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Brinkburn & Faverdale ward, Darlington

Brinkburn & Faverdale is one of 20 electoral wards of Darlington Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,831 residents in 2,936 households — 785 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Darlington constituency.

Residents, 20216,831council ward average 5,390
Households2,9362.33 residents per household
Density785/ km²about 8.71 km² · Darlington 546
Aged 65+14.4%Darlington: 20.4% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 367
5–96.4% · 434
10–157.8% · 534
16–194.5% · 308
20–244.4% · 304
25–3412.9% · 881
35–4922.4% · 1,531
50–6421.8% · 1,488
65–748.2% · 561
75–844.7% · 322
85+1.5% · 102

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.7% · 372
1 car or van46.5% · 1,366
2 cars or vans32.6% · 957
3 or more8.2% · 241
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Darlington overall: 62.8% owned, 16.2% social rented, 20.6% private rented.

Owned outright27.9% · 818
With mortgage42.4% · 1,246
Shared ownership1.2% · 35
Social rented10.8% · 318
Private rented17.6% · 518
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house26.1% · 768
Semi-detached house50.5% · 1,484
Terraced house14.4% · 422
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 250
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.