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Information is also available for 1999 to 2002 on the main Figures for County Durham page. For the 2001 Census Population Results please refer to the 2001 Census Summary Sheets.

Population Type	Derwentside	Chester-le-Street	Wear Valley	City of Durham	Easington	Teesdale	Sedgefield	County Durham	England & Wales	Notes & Sources
Resident Population
1961 (000s)	99.5	42.7	72.2	75.0	111.4	26.5	82.8	510.1	46,229.0	Note 1
1971 (000s)	92.4	48.6	65.5	80.1	109.6	24.3	88.8	509.3	48,934.0	Note 1
1981 (000s)	88.8	52.3	64.3	83.7	101.8	24.1	93.5	508.7	49,176.7	Note 2
1991 (000s)	86.0	52.6	62.7	80.7	97.8	24.1	90.5	494.5	49,890.3	Note 3
2001 (000s)#	85.1	53.7	61.3	87.7	94.0	24.5	87.2	493.5	52,041.9	Note 4
2003 (000s)#	85.2	53.4	61.2	87.1	93.5	24.4	87.3	492.3	52,793.7	Note 6
in private households 2001 (000s)	83.9	53.2	60.6	80.8	93.0	23.7	86.6	481.7	51,107.6	Note 4
not in private households 2001 (000s)	1.2	0.5	0.8	6.9	0.9	0.8	0.6	11.7	934.3	Note 4
Age groups (000s)										Note 6
0-4	4.4	2.8	3.2	3.8	4.9	1.0	4.7	24.9	3,008.2
5-14	10.6	6.7	7.7	8.9	12.6	2.8	11.3	60.7	6,677.1
15-24	9.8	5.7	6.9	16.7	11.4	2.9	10.3	63.2	6,680.6
25-44	23.2	15.3	15.9	22.6	25.1	5.9	23.3	131.7	15,251.5
45-59	17.7	11.4	13.0	17.7	18.1	5.5	18.4	101.8	10,116.2
60-64	4.6	2.9	3.4	4.4	5.0	1.5	4.6	26.5	2,599.3
65+	15.0	8.7	11.0	12.9	16.3	4.8	14.7	83.4	8,460.7
% Male population	48.7	48.6	48.1	48.9	48.5	49.6	48.6	48.7	48.9
% Female population	51.3	51.4	51.9	51.1	51.5	50.4	51.4	51.3	51.1
Rates
Birth rates (per 1000 population) 2003#	10.3	10.1	10.5	8.9	9.9	7.7	11.2	10.0	11.8	Note 7
Total period fertility rate 2003	1.72	1.62	1.87	1.33	1.62	1.55	1.86	1.59	1.72	Note 7
Death rates (per 1000 population) 2003#	12.2	10.6	13.2	9.6	12.8	11.8	11.3	11.6	10.3	Note 8
Standardised mortality ratio 2003	113	111	116	106	128	97	115	114	100	Note 8
Life expectancy from birth 2001 - 2003#										Note 9
Males (years)	74.9	75.9	73.9	75.1	73.7	76.6	74.1	74.6	75.9
Females (years)	78.9	79.2	78.6	79.9	78.0	80.9	78.4	78.9	80.3

Notes

1. Census 1971

2. Census 1981

3. Census 1991

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.

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

7. ONS (Office for National Statistics) Vital Statistics 2003. Birth rates exclude still births. The total period fertility rate is the average number of children which a woman aged 15 can expect to bear during her childbearing life if current age-specific birth rates remain unchanged.

8. ONS Vital Statistics 2003. The standardised mortality ratio is the number of actual deaths in the area expressed as a % of deaths that would have occurred had national age-specific rates prevailed.

9. Deputy Chief Executive’s Office (Policy and Improvement). Estimates of average life expectancy from birth averaged over the years 2001-2003.