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Hummersknott ward, Darlington

Hummersknott is one of 20 electoral wards of Darlington Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,701 residents in 1,614 households — 1,309 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Darlington constituency.

Residents, 20213,701council ward average 5,390
Households1,6142.29 residents per household
Density1,309/ km²about 2.83 km² · Darlington 546
Aged 65+33.8%Darlington: 20.4% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.3% · 122
5–94.6% · 171
10–156.3% · 234
16–194.4% · 162
20–243.3% · 123
25–346.2% · 230
35–4915.2% · 561
50–6422.9% · 846
65–7415.4% · 569
75–8412.4% · 460
85+6.1% · 224

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.3% · 215
1 car or van39.3% · 635
2 cars or vans34.8% · 562
3 or more12.5% · 202
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright57.0% · 920
With mortgage29.3% · 474
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented8.1% · 131
Private rented5.4% · 88

Type of home

Detached house52.3% · 844
Semi-detached house34.4% · 555
Terraced house3.0% · 48
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 157
Converted house0.3% · 5
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 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.