Woolsington & Airport

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 10,430 · 6 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,113 of 6,856 in England
  • #265 of 342 in North East
  • #27 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,891
Median age (est.)40
Density553per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above25%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 35%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 2%
White 91%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Woolsington & Airport is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,113 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (75) but weak on Employment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 185 sales), 39% above the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,640 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 107 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 14 · #5,859
Employment 10 · #6,174
Education 11 · #6,078
Health 14 · #5,900
Crime 14 · #5,880
Housing & access 34 · #4,557
Living environment 75 · #1,739

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=185
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,000185+6.1%+14.0%
Detached£382,49884+3.4%+14.7%
Semi-detached£225,00070-5.3%+10.2%
Terraced£126,00026+0.8%+0.8%
Flat£66,0005-8.9%+1.5%
This area£285,000
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)£34,640±£4,948 · #5,142 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,239
Price-to-income ?8.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

107 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,116 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #5,122 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences421
Theft262
Burglary39
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson117
Public order & weapons118
Drugs26
Robbery10
Other68

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 276 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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