Dunston Hill

Gateshead · North East · population 6,169 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,857 of 6,856 in England
  • #115 of 342 in North East
  • #10 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,217
Median age (est.)45
Density2,608per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above25%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Dunston Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,857 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Health (26). Typical homes here, about £168,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #868 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,966 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 45 · #3,782
Employment 32 · #4,680
Education 43 · #3,912
Health 26 · #5,043
Crime 44 · #3,809
Housing & access 96 · #259
Living environment 41 · #4,015

House prices ?

£168,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£168,00099-1.2%+29.2%
Detached£419,99517+13.5%+43.8%
Semi-detached£156,50052-11.6%+11.8%
Terraced£168,00021+2.4%+40.0%
Flat£86,5009-13.5%+3.0%
This area£168,000
Gateshead£162,995
North East£171,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,966±£4,874 · #5,352 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,379
Price-to-income ?4.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 306 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #2,079 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft23
Burglary18
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons39
Drugs8
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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