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County Durham Population Estimates - 2006

These estimates have been produced by rolling forward the 2001 Census using known births and deaths and annual changes in the electorate. A full ward breakdown of these estimates are available in the following Adobe Acrobat document.


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PDF IconDCC Ward Base Population Estimates for 2006 (43 pages, 110kb)

Estimates for the following previous years are also available;

PDF IconDCC 2000 Wards Based Population Estimates (15 pages, 80kb)
PDF IconDCC 1999 Ward Based Population Estimates (15 pages, 80kb)
PDF IconDCC 1998 Ward Based Population Estimates (15 pages, 80kb)
PDF IconDCC 1997 Ward Based Population Estimates (15 pages, 80kb)

Comprehensive summary sheets from the 2001 Census are also available at several different geographies, (Wards, Parishes, Electoral Divisions and Settlements).




Working Age
TotalMaleFemaleMaleFemale
County Durham497780242963254817159351146629
Chester-le-Street5302125868271501690415568
Derwentside8847543338451372814925486
Durham City8511341411437072899227369
Easington9619346941492652987927592
Sedgefield8783542879449562751225631
Teesdale24583122271235680586698
Wear Valley6305230558324941972818230