East Benton

North Tyneside · North East · population 7,100 · 4 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,288 of 6,856 in England
  • #70 of 342 in North East
  • #9 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,752
Median age (est.)40
Density2,854per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above28%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 11%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

East Benton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,288 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 30 in North Tyneside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (88) and lowest on Health (41). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 133 sales), 6% above the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Typical household take-home income is around £37,024 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 55 · #3,076
Employment 61 · #2,672
Education 54 · #3,145
Health 41 · #4,015
Crime 53 · #3,220
Housing & access 88 · #855
Living environment 84 · #1,081

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000133+4.5%+18.0%
Detached£325,00056+9.8%+30.0%
Semi-detached£230,00029+7.1%+21.5%
Terraced£150,00035-0.8%+15.4%
Flat£95,00013-4.3%+29.7%
This area£230,000
North Tyneside£217,310
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)£37,024±£5,345 · #4,351 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,256
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 386 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #2,437 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences124
Theft133
Burglary30
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons23
Drugs8
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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