Heaton Park & Portland Road

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 8,552 · 4 LSOAs

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

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,193 of 6,856 in England
  • #96 of 342 in North East
  • #11 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,670
Median age (est.)23
Density8,185per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above36%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 6%15–24 57%25–44 21%45–64 10%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 27%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 6%Other: 34%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 6%Other 34%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Elementary 17% · Sales & customer service 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Elementary17%
Sales & customer service15%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure7%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 85%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 26% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Heaton Park & Portland Road sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,193 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (86) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £203,990 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 56 sales), in line with the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #655 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,944 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 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 77 · #1,588
Employment 86 · #951
Education 57 · #2,939
Health 22 · #5,379
Crime 32 · #4,666
Housing & access 69 · #2,137
Living environment 9 · #6,257

House prices ?

£203,990median (12m) · -14.9% yr · n=56
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£203,99056-14.9%+42.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£296,75027+2.9%+46.9%
Flat£179,00029+2.9%+41.8%
This area£203,990
Newcastle upon Tyne£205,000
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)£34,944±£5,618 · #5,056 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,804
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 472 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #2,500 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences156
Theft71
Burglary42
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons48
Drugs10
Robbery14
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 161 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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