County Durham Summary Statistics 2005

These figures are an extract from the leaflet Figures for County Durham which is produced every year by the Chief Executive's Office.

For population/census statistics, contact the Corporate Research and Information Team or visit our 2001 Census Summary pages.

Resident Population (000s)

Year	County Durham	England & Wales
19611	510.1	46,229.0
19711	509.3	48,934.0
19812	508.7	49,176.7
19913	494.5	49,890.3
20014	493.5	52,041.9
2003 Estimates6	492.3	52,793.7

For the 2001 Census Population Results please refer to the 2001 Census Results page.

Other years are also available: 2002, 2001 and 2000.

County Durham Population 2000 Estimates - County Summary

Housing in County Durham

Housing	Number
Number of Dwellings March 2004 (000s)10	223.5
% private sector	75.9
% local authority	20.7
% other public sector	3.4
Number of Households 2001 (000s)4	207.4
Average Household size 2001	2.3
Housing Completions April 2003-March 200410
- Public	66
- Private	1857

Employment

Employment	County Durham	England & Wales (000s)
Economically active of working age 2001 (000s)4
Male	117.3	13,421.2
Female	96.4	10,886.7
Activity rates for those of working age 2001(%)5
Male	74.5	81.5
Female	65.8	70.3
Unemployment April 200513
Males unemployed	4,841	552.1
% unemployed for over one year	6.4	14.8
Females unemployed	1,628	194.5
% unemployed for over one year	4.6	11.1

Environment/Transport

Transport	County Durham	England & Wales
Total area 2001 (000s ha)4	222.6	15,101.3
Population density 2003 (persons/ha)#6	2.2	3.5
Households with no car 2001 (%)4	31.4	26.8
Households with one car 2001 (%)4	44.4	43.8
Households with two or more cars 2001 (%)4	24.2	29.4
Length of highways February 2005 (kms)20
Motorway	84.6
Trunk	86.7
Primary Route Network	229.1
Non Primary Route Network	183.0
County roads - classified	1,102.5
County roads - unclassified	2,163.3

Notes

(1, 2, 3) 1971,1981,1991 Census & Director of Economic Development and Planning.

(4) Census 2001. A different population base was used in 2001 to that adopted for previous censuses and the intervening annual estimates – students studying away from home are now counted at their term-time addresses rather than their home addresses. This clearly affects the results for the City of Durham where this definitional change has caused a significant increase in the enumerated population compared to previous census results and the annual County Council estimates. This change in base accounts for approximately 6,000 residents in the difference with previous estimates. The 2001 Census results also, for the first time, contain a small allowance for census under-enumeration. England and Wales’ figures are Mid 2003 Registrar General’s Estimates. These changes will result in significantly different figures throughout this pamphlet to those previously published. The entries most affected are marked with a ‘#’ symbol.

(5) 2001 Census. Previous economic activity was calculated on the basis of the 16+ population as a whole. The new figures are based on just the working age population (16-59/64).

(6) Deputy Chief Executive’s Office (Policy and Improvement), 2003 estimates.

(10) Acting Director of Environment, January 2005. Source: Housing Flows Reconciliation for 2003/4.

(13) ONS data compiled on 2003 District boundaries. National figures are given in thousands and age and duration figures exclude manually processed claimants.

(20) Acting Director of Environment, February 2005. Figures differ from previous years due new road adoptions and changes in the method of calculation of carriageway lengths. The A167 was ‘De-Trunked’ in 2003 and has been added to the Principal Carriageway (Primary Route Network) figures.