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Electoral wardE05010426

Park West ward, Darlington

Park West is one of 20 electoral wards of Darlington Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,262 residents in 1,934 households — 1,946 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Darlington constituency.

Residents, 20214,262council ward average 5,390
Households1,9342.2 residents per household
Density1,946/ km²about 2.19 km² · Darlington 546
Aged 65+27.6%Darlington: 20.4% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 157
5–94.6% · 194
10–158.2% · 351
16–194.5% · 190
20–243.6% · 154
25–347.4% · 316
35–4918.3% · 781
50–6422.1% · 943
65–7413.4% · 570
75–849.9% · 420
85+4.3% · 185

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.9% · 327
1 car or van41.3% · 798
2 cars or vans32.1% · 620
3 or more9.8% · 189
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.7% · 864
With mortgage32.1% · 621
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented8.1% · 157
Private rented14.8% · 286
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house22.8% · 440
Semi-detached house39.0% · 753
Terraced house16.7% · 322
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 334
Converted house3.6% · 69
Other conversion0.4% · 8
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010426
Constituency
Darlington
Region
North East
Density rank in council
15 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBank Top & Lascelles19.5% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned7,103BBrinkburn & Faverdale14.4% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned6,831CCockerton19.2% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned6,325CCollege23.8% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned4,284EEastbourne16.7% aged 65+ · 56.6% owned6,354HHarrowgate Hill18.1% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned6,471HHaughton & Springfield26.1% aged 65+ · 63.3% owned6,311HHeighington & Coniscliffe22.6% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned4,755HHummersknott33.8% aged 65+ · 86.3% owned3,701MMowden32.7% aged 65+ · 86.6% owned3,817NNorth Road18.1% aged 65+ · 47.8% owned6,213NNorthgate11.4% aged 65+ · 34.7% owned4,145PPark East13.7% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned7,588PPierremont16.2% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned5,843

All 20 wards of Darlington

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.