Heaton South & Byker North

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 9,326 · 6 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,132 of 6,856 in England
  • #175 of 342 in North East
  • #15 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,175
Median age (est.)29
Density8,519per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above52%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 27%25–44 41%45–64 15%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 27%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 7%Other: 25%
One person 39%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 7%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 17% · Sales & customer service 11%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional17%
Sales & customer service11%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Managers & directors6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 55% · Christian 29% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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 South & Byker North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,132 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Health (7). Typical homes here, about £192,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 48% in five years (from 136 sales), 6% below the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,816 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 118 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,104
Employment 38 · #4,228
Education 40 · #4,145
Health 7 · #6,373
Crime 15 · #5,804
Housing & access 85 · #1,047
Living environment 11 · #6,106

House prices ?

£192,000median (12m) · +13.3% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,000136+13.3%+47.7%
Detached£394,9955
Semi-detached£239,99512-24.8%
Terraced£296,50056+16.3%+39.9%
Flat£170,00063+11.8%+36.1%
This area£192,000
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)£33,816±£5,084 · #5,407 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,506
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

118 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,101 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #5,412 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences309
Theft371
Burglary62
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson85
Public order & weapons106
Drugs29
Robbery52
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 222 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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