Local authority · E06000047
County Durham
In useCounty Durham is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000047
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 2,223 km²
- Population
- 538,011Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
326 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
137 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
51 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Annfield Plain & Tanfield
- Aycliffe North & Middridge
- Aycliffe South
- Barnard Castle
- Belmont
- Benfieldside
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackhalls & Hesledens
- Bowburn & Coxhoe
- Brandon
- Castle Eden & Passfield
- Chester-le-Street North
- Chester-le-Street South
- Chilton
- Consett North
- Consett South
- Craghead & South Moor
- Crook
- Dalton & Dawdon
- Deerness
- Delves Lane
- Derwent & Pont Valley
- Easington & Shotton
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
- Evenwood
- Ferryhill
- Framwellgate & Newton Hall
- Horden & Dene House
- Lanchester & Burnhope
- Langley & Esh
- Lower Teesdale
- Lumley & West Rainton
- Murton
- Neville's Cross
- North Lodge
- Pelton
- Peterlee
- Pittington & Sherburn
- Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
- Seaham
- Sedgefield
- Shildon & Dene Valley
- Spennymoor
- Stanley
- Thornley & Wheatley Hill
- Trimdon & Wingate
- Tudhoe
- Upper Teesdale
- Weardale
- West Auckland
- Willington & Hunwick
What it overlaps
Neighbours
8 local authorities share a border with County Durham, longest border first.
- Northumberland 53.3 km
- Westmorland and Furness 50.4 km
- North Yorkshire 46.9 km
- Darlington 41.0 km
- Sunderland 30.5 km
- Gateshead 29.5 km
- Hartlepool 21.5 km
- Stockton-on-Tees 11.0 km
Data published for it
37 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for County Durham itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000047?include=capabilities