Mount Pleasant & Deckham East

Gateshead · North East · population 6,212 · 4 LSOAs

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

5Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,510 of 6,856 in England
  • #307 of 342 in North East
  • #26 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,312
Median age (est.)37
Density5,286per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above20%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 51%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 51%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 21%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 21%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 14% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure14%
Sales & customer service13%
Skilled trades11%
Professional11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative10%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 3%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Mount Pleasant & Deckham East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,510 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 27 in Gateshead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (77) but weak on Health (3). Typical homes here, about £137,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 31 sales), 16% below the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Typical household take-home income is around £30,046 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 81 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 4 · #6,558
Employment 3 · #6,634
Education 7 · #6,387
Health 3 · #6,647
Crime 6 · #6,476
Housing & access 77 · #1,595
Living environment 62 · #2,610

House prices ?

£137,000median (12m) · +9.6% yr · n=31
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£137,00031+9.6%+33.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£140,00019+12.0%+19.7%
Terraced£125,0006-16.1%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£137,000
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)£30,046±£4,319 · #6,384 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,172
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 505 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #4,137 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences242
Theft40
Burglary18
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons56
Drugs21
Robbery10
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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