Gateshead Town

Gateshead · North East · population 8,022 · 5 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,743 of 6,856 in England
  • #223 of 342 in North East
  • #19 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,691
Median age (est.)32
Density2,774per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above39%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 21%25–44 39%45–64 19%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 29%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 49%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 7%Other: 11%
One person 49%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 7%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional14%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 8%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 80%Asian 8%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 37% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Gateshead Town is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,743 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (68) but weak on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £155,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 107 sales), in line with the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Typical household take-home income is around £30,773 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 238 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 30 · #4,824
Employment 19 · #5,523
Education 31 · #4,714
Health 3 · #6,641
Crime 5 · #6,531
Housing & access 68 · #2,205
Living environment 29 · #4,865

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · -0.3% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,000107-0.3%+19.7%
Detached£319,9958+16.4%
Semi-detached£165,00017-5.7%+11.1%
Terraced£187,49816+7.1%+33.9%
Flat£138,50066+15.4%+32.5%
This area£155,000
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)£30,773±£4,702 · #6,249 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,437
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

238 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,910 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #6,268 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences689
Theft451
Burglary88
Vehicle crime117
Criminal damage & arson169
Public order & weapons222
Drugs60
Robbery61
Other53

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 500 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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