Lemington

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 9,502 · 7 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,228 of 6,856 in England
  • #183 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,451
Median age (est.)42
Density2,444per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 21%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service12%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative11%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · 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

Lemington is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,228 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (75) but weak on Employment (19). Typical homes here sold for about £140,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 87 sales), 32% below the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,431 a year, in the bottom third of England. 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 27 · #5,009
Employment 19 · #5,564
Education 19 · #5,537
Health 19 · #5,551
Crime 30 · #4,790
Housing & access 75 · #1,684
Living environment 56 · #3,021

House prices ?

£140,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£140,00087+3.7%+12.4%
Detached£199,9509-18.4%+16.2%
Semi-detached£163,00031+5.2%+9.4%
Terraced£122,50034+2.7%+27.6%
Flat£68,50013-18.9%+28.0%
This area£140,000
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)£33,431±£4,756 · #5,529 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,741
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 770 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #4,121 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences253
Theft194
Burglary43
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons66
Drugs15
Robbery25
Other42

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 172 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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