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Electoral wardE05010423

North Road ward, Darlington

North Road is one of 20 electoral wards of Darlington Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,213 residents in 3,117 households — 3,745 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Darlington constituency.

Residents, 20216,213council ward average 5,390
Households3,1171.99 residents per household
Density3,745/ km²about 1.66 km² · Darlington 546
Aged 65+18.1%Darlington: 20.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 324
5–95.6% · 349
10–156.7% · 414
16–193.8% · 234
20–246.1% · 380
25–3413.9% · 865
35–4918.2% · 1,133
50–6422.4% · 1,390
65–749.8% · 606
75–845.9% · 369
85+2.4% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van39.0% · 1,215
1 car or van41.6% · 1,298
2 cars or vans15.4% · 479
3 or more4.0% · 125
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.4% · 759
With mortgage23.5% · 732
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented21.2% · 660
Private rented30.8% · 959
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house11.5% · 357
Semi-detached house20.4% · 636
Terraced house46.9% · 1,462
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 572
Converted house1.5% · 47
Other conversion0.4% · 12
Above shop / office0.9% · 28
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.