Low Fell East

Gateshead · North East · population 7,536 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,164 of 6,856 in England
  • #65 of 342 in North East
  • #3 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,409
Median age (est.)46
Density5,168per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 31%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative12%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Low Fell East is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,164 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (99) but weak on Living environment (24). Typical homes here, about £245,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 99 sales), 50% above the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Typical household take-home income is around £38,536 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,650
Employment 64 · #2,486
Education 84 · #1,061
Health 38 · #4,262
Crime 65 · #2,390
Housing & access 99 · #39
Living environment 24 · #5,235

House prices ?

£245,000median (12m) · +9.4% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£245,00099+9.4%+25.6%
Detached£320,00016+14.3%-2.3%
Semi-detached£239,12544-2.8%+20.8%
Terraced£291,50022+21.5%+26.7%
Flat£135,00017-1.8%+8.0%
This area£245,000
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)£38,536±£5,544 · #3,860 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,039
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 407 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #2,407 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences122
Theft117
Burglary18
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons37
Drugs7
Robbery11
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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