Heworth

Gateshead · North East · population 9,250 · 6 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,626 of 6,856 in England
  • #210 of 342 in North East
  • #15 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,146
Median age (est.)42
Density4,014per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 40%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 18%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 18%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 13% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional13%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

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

Heworth is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,626 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here, about £140,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 72 sales), 14% below the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Typical household take-home income is around £32,717 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,763
Employment 12 · #6,051
Education 18 · #5,605
Health 11 · #6,078
Crime 19 · #5,564
Housing & access 95 · #355
Living environment 60 · #2,706

House prices ?

£140,500median (12m) · +6.8% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,50072+6.8%+28.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£140,00063-1.8%+25.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£140,500
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)£32,717±£4,703 · #5,765 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,514
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 ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 822 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #4,503 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences357
Theft100
Burglary36
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson120
Public order & weapons121
Drugs15
Robbery11
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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