Wallsend West

North Tyneside · North East · population 6,774 · 5 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,845 of 6,856 in England
  • #231 of 342 in North East
  • #27 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,864
Median age (est.)44
Density3,136per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 29%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 25%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 41%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,845 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 30 in North Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (99) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here sold for about £147,750 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 80 sales), 32% below the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Typical household take-home income is around £29,265 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 129 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 13 · #5,969
Education 25 · #5,146
Health 10 · #6,147
Crime 4 · #6,565
Housing & access 99 · #87
Living environment 19 · #5,578

House prices ?

£147,750median (12m) · -4.7% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£147,75080-4.7%+18.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£163,75030-13.8%+17.0%
Terraced£150,00033-0.7%+31.6%
Flat£87,00015-2.8%-0.6%
This area£147,750
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)£29,265±£4,216 · #6,527 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,434
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

129 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 876 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #5,634 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences338
Theft152
Burglary43
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson101
Public order & weapons110
Drugs33
Robbery27
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 187 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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