Sunniside & Lobley Hill

Gateshead · North East · population 10,466 · 7 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,336 of 6,856 in England
  • #101 of 342 in North East
  • #8 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,257
Median age (est.)46
Density620per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above28%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 16%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 39% · 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

Sunniside & Lobley Hill sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,336 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 27 in Gateshead. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Health (34). Typical homes here sold for about £172,250 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 158 sales), 6% above the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #483 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,445 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 50 · #3,446
Employment 44 · #3,816
Education 52 · #3,261
Health 34 · #4,550
Crime 55 · #3,062
Housing & access 60 · #2,767
Living environment 64 · #2,445

House prices ?

£172,250median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=158
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,250158+1.3%-4.3%
Detached£335,00037-4.3%-9.5%
Semi-detached£165,50056+4.3%+4.7%
Terraced£151,77558-5.1%+19.7%
Flat£90,0007
This area£172,250
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)£37,445±£5,335 · #4,221 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,071
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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 495 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #1,883 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft75
Burglary36
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons37
Drugs18
Robbery3
Other40

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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