Borough of Darlington

Borough of Darlington Darlington Borough • Darlington
Borough and Unitary authority area
Darlington parish church
Coat of arms
Darlington shown within County Durham and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North East England
Combined Authority	Tees Valley
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Admin. HQ	Darlington
Government
• Tees Valley Mayor	Ben Houchen (C)
• MPs	Paul Howell (C) Peter Gibson (C)
Area
• Total	76 sq mi (197 km2)
• Rank	145th
Population  (2022)
• Total	109,469
• Rank	Ranked 221st
• Density	1,400/sq mi (560/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.4% White 2.8% Asian 1.4% Mixed 0.9% other 0.7% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 52.1% Christianity 39.7% no religion 4.9% not stated 1.7% Islam 0.4% Hinduism 0.4% Sikhism 0.4% other 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	00EH (ONS) E06000005 (GSS)
Ethnicity	93.7% White, 2.8% S.Asian, 3.5% other Non-White

The Borough of Darlington is a local government district with borough status in County Durham, England. Since 1997 Darlington Borough Council has been a unitary authority, with both district-level and county-level functions; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Darlington, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural area surrounding the town which contains several villages. The population of the borough at the 2021 census was 107,800,^[2] of which over 86% (93,015) lived in the built-up area of Darlington itself.^[3]

Since 2016 the council has been a member of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Tees Valley Mayor since 2017.

The neighbouring districts are the County Durham district to the north and west, Stockton-on-Tees to the east and North Yorkshire to the south, the River Tees forming the border for the latter.