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Administrative Areas

Ward
Benfieldside
Local Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North West Durham
Region
North East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
183
Population
396
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
142
England❚DH8 0HN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
396
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
335
Single
123
Married
152
Civil partnership
2
Separated
14
Divorced
21
Widowed
23

Health

Population
396
Very good
170
Good
130
Fair
74
Bad
16
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
335
England❚DH8 0HN❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
122
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
396
White British
385
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
396
England
365
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
11
Ireland
1
Germany
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
China
1
India
3
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
396
Christian
289
Other
2
No religion
94
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
202
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
15
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
307
England❚DH8 0HN❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
44
Unemployed
13
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
183
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
53
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
208
Occupied
183
Unoccupied
25
Detached
49
Semi detached
49
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
49
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
183
One person
55
Two people
79
Three people
27
Four people
19
Five people
1
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

DH8 9JY DH8 9JZ DH8 0TN

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019