Wallsend East

North Tyneside · North East · population 7,208 · 4 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,626 of 6,856 in England
  • #210 of 342 in North East
  • #25 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,174
Median age (est.)38
Density3,356per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 20%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 13%Other: 9%
One person 41%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 13%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 12% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Wallsend East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,626 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 30 in North Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Crime (6). Typical homes here, about £141,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 49% in five years (from 98 sales), 35% below the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Typical household take-home income is around £33,491 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 104 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 20 · #5,448
Employment 17 · #5,695
Education 20 · #5,462
Health 15 · #5,797
Crime 6 · #6,414
Housing & access 98 · #156
Living environment 38 · #4,276

House prices ?

£141,500median (12m) · +8.8% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£141,50098+8.8%+48.9%
Detached£341,2508+31.2%+48.4%
Semi-detached£186,00025+0.5%+38.3%
Terraced£152,00025+1.3%+26.7%
Flat£85,00040+4.3%+29.3%
This area£141,500
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)£33,491±£4,798 · #5,505 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,913
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

104 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 746 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #5,041 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences323
Theft108
Burglary46
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons76
Drugs28
Robbery13
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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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