Shieldfield & Quayside

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 9,010 · 3 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,556 of 6,856 in England
  • #107 of 342 in North East
  • #12 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,419
Median age (est.)22
Density10,354per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above33%
No car or van57%

Age

0–14 3%15–24 64%25–44 20%45–64 9%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 9%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 9%Social rent 43%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 52%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 52%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 18% · Sales & customer service 17%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary18%
Sales & customer service17%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative6%
Managers & directors6%
Process & plant4%
Skilled trades3%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 12%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 76%Asian 12%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 27% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Shieldfield & Quayside sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,556 of 6,856 in England, and #12 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (87) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £151,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 78% in five years (from 28 sales), 26% below the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #511 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,772 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 142 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,657
Employment 87 · #896
Education 36 · #4,420
Health 13 · #5,955
Crime 25 · #5,112
Housing & access 47 · #3,659
Living environment 25 · #5,139

House prices ?

£151,000median (12m) · -8.5% yr · n=28
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£151,00028-8.5%+77.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Flat£151,00028-9.9%+81.7%
This area£151,000
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)£34,772±£5,892 · #5,103 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,834
Price-to-income ?4.3×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
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Recorded crime ?

142 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,282 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #5,837 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences351
Theft536
Burglary51
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons103
Drugs30
Robbery43
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 335 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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