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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004351

Coundon North

Coundon North is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,235 residents in County Durham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for County Durham
7,235

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,261

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

491.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Hemsworth Town, Wakefield8,147 residents · 59.5% owned · 25.8% no carThatto Heath, St. Helens7,477 residents · 48.2% owned · 33.9% no carAbertillery North & Cwmtillery, Blaenau Gwent8,611 residents · 60.1% owned · 25.8% no carAbertillery South & Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent6,665 residents · 59.0% owned · 23.6% no carWorsbrough, Barnsley9,434 residents · 57.2% owned · 27.1% no carHetton-le-Hole North, Sunderland7,609 residents · 62.9% owned · 26.7% no car

Most similar within County Durham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Catchgate & Dipton, County Durham7,683 residents · 52.9% owned · 29.6% no carThornley & Wheatley Hill, County Durham7,186 residents · 60.8% owned · 25.7% no carShildon, County Durham10,420 residents · 53.9% owned · 33.0% no carFerryhill East & Cornforth, County Durham6,713 residents · 50.3% owned · 30.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Coundon North

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned52.3%
1,706 households
Social rented33.2%
1,084 households
Private rented14.2%
463 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.4%
1,383 households
Semi-detached34.4%
1,122 households
Detached21.6%
703 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.9%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,403 households
No cars or vans in household28.3%
922 households
2 cars or vans in household21.7%
706 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7%
229 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41%
1,337 households
2 bedrooms35.4%
1,155 households
4 or more bedrooms13.3%
433 households
1 bedroom10.2%
334 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.6%
2,007 households
One-person household34.8%
1,135 households
Other household types3.6%
118 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
1,142 households
1 person in household34.8%
1,135 households
3 people in household15.2%
495 households
4 people in household9.6%
313 households
5 people in household3.7%
121 households
6 people in household1%
34 households
7 people in household0.5%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,284 residents
15–2915.8%
1,147 residents
30–4416.4%
1,187 residents
45–6429%
2,097 residents
65 and over21%
1,523 residents
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
7,094 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
59 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
44 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
18 residents
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.6%
1,679 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.5%
1,204 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
878 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
577 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
379 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.5%
2,900 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive49.1%
2,878 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.9%
992 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.4%
962 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
439 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.4%
314 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39%
2,826 residents
Good health32.5%
2,353 residents
Fair health18.3%
1,324 residents
Bad health7.7%
557 residents
Very bad health2.4%
177 residents
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act72.4%
5,238 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act27.6%
1,997 residents
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.5%
1,158 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,154 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.6%
705 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
235 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Coundon North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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