South Jesmond & Sandyford

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 9,266 · 5 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,067 of 6,856 in England
  • #34 of 342 in North East
  • #6 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,973
Median age (est.)24
Density7,338per km²
No qualifications4%
Degree or above46%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 5%15–24 52%25–44 21%45–64 11%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 54%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 10%Private rent 54%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 2%Other: 37%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 2%Other 37%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Associate professional 15% · Sales & customer service 10%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Associate professional15%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 32% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

South Jesmond & Sandyford is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,067 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £241,250 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 112 sales), 18% above the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #112 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £42,720 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 97 · #190
Employment 99 · #53
Education 94 · #423
Health 50 · #3,453
Crime 62 · #2,630
Housing & access 78 · #1,534
Living environment 11 · #6,092

House prices ?

£241,250median (12m) · +12.2% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£241,250112+12.2%-5.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£465,00031+4.4%+29.5%
Flat£200,000770.0%+7.4%
This area£241,250
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)£42,720±£7,038 · #2,650 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,728
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 442 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #1,913 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences121
Theft68
Burglary65
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons37
Drugs48
Robbery11
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 155 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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