Howdon

North Tyneside · North East · population 6,378 · 4 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,804 of 6,856 in England
  • #227 of 342 in North East
  • #26 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,407
Median age (est.)42
Density5,296per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 42%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 37%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Sales & customer service 14% · Elementary 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Sales & customer service14%
Elementary14%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional11%
Professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 44% · 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

Howdon is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,804 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 30 in North Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Health (9). Typical homes here sold for about £143,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 45 sales), 34% below the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Typical household take-home income is around £29,319 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 83 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 14 · #5,866
Employment 11 · #6,126
Education 18 · #5,647
Health 9 · #6,209
Crime 10 · #6,188
Housing & access 98 · #142
Living environment 63 · #2,541

House prices ?

£143,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=45
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£143,000450.0%+24.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£145,00027-0.3%+16.0%
Terraced£153,75012-0.8%+28.1%
Flat£89,9086+15.3%+41.6%
This area£143,000
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)£29,319±£4,208 · #6,518 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,355
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

83 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 529 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #4,217 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences235
Theft85
Burglary16
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons63
Drugs19
Robbery8
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 138 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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