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De Bruce ward, Hartlepool

De Bruce is one of 12 electoral wards of Hartlepool Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,055 residents in 3,401 households — 2,723 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hartlepool constituency.

Residents, 20218,055council ward average 7,695
Households3,4012.37 residents per household
Density2,723/ km²about 2.96 km² · Hartlepool 985
Aged 65+17.9%Hartlepool: 19.7% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 584
5–97.0% · 565
10–158.4% · 674
16–194.6% · 370
20–246.2% · 498
25–3412.5% · 1,007
35–4915.9% · 1,280
50–6420.3% · 1,639
65–7410.0% · 802
75–845.4% · 434
85+2.5% · 203

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.1% · 1,227
1 car or van39.9% · 1,357
2 cars or vans18.4% · 626
3 or more5.6% · 191
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hartlepool overall: 58.2% owned, 23.4% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright25.5% · 867
With mortgage21.2% · 722
Shared ownership0.8% · 26
Social rented38.3% · 1,301
Private rented14.2% · 482
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house10.5% · 357
Semi-detached house48.3% · 1,642
Terraced house32.5% · 1,105
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 244
Converted house0.9% · 31
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
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.