County Durham · England
Tanfield population
1,659people · latest estimate
Tanfield has a population of 1,659, making it the 44th largest place in County Durham. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 1,659, a rise of 0.0% since.
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: County Durham population trends, 2001–2024.
Tanfield in context
2 km
north-west to Burnopfield, the nearest larger town
174,334
people live within 10 km
#3,228
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Tanfield sits in postcode district DH9.
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Population since 2001
County Durham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district DH9
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in County Durham
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Etherley | 2,119 |
| 2 | Low Etherley | 1,929 |
| 3 | Ingleton | 1,678 |
| 4 | Evenwood | 1,608 |
| 5 | Stanhope | 1,602 |
| 6 | Cockfield | 1,531 |