Dunston & Teams

Gateshead · North East · population 7,649 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,633 of 6,856 in England
  • #213 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,605
Median age (est.)38
Density1,540per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above31%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 36%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 35%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 44%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 12%Other: 9%
One person 44%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 12%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 86%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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 & Teams is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,633 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (7). Typical homes here sold for about £142,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 90 sales), 13% below the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Typical household take-home income is around £32,877 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 97 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,489
Employment 10 · #6,140
Education 25 · #5,126
Health 7 · #6,401
Crime 28 · #4,899
Housing & access 84 · #1,081
Living environment 54 · #3,145

House prices ?

£142,000median (12m) · -9.0% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£142,00090-9.0%+9.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£153,50016-7.8%+13.7%
Terraced£164,00040-4.4%+3.8%
Flat£110,00031+4.8%+3.8%
This area£142,000
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)£32,877±£4,755 · #5,715 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,997
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

97 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 744 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #4,852 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences289
Theft140
Burglary43
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson79
Public order & weapons79
Drugs26
Robbery11
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 245 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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