Wideopen & Seaton Burn

North Tyneside · North East · population 7,881 · 5 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,698 of 6,856 in England
  • #51 of 342 in North East
  • #7 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,725
Median age (est.)49
Density1,066per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 36%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 41% · 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

Wideopen & Seaton Burn is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,698 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 30 in North Tyneside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (79) and lowest on Health (45). Typical homes here, about £215,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 121 sales), in line with the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #102 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £40,187 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,260
Employment 64 · #2,466
Education 70 · #2,048
Health 45 · #3,768
Crime 79 · #1,431
Housing & access 73 · #1,822
Living environment 78 · #1,513

House prices ?

£215,000median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£215,000121+7.0%+29.3%
Detached£355,00021+18.3%+36.5%
Semi-detached£199,00071+3.1%+20.6%
Terraced£200,00023+11.1%+21.2%
Flat£122,5006+2.1%+28.9%
This area£215,000
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)£40,187±£5,790 · #3,369 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,702
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 303 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #1,112 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences130
Theft49
Burglary27
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons31
Drugs4
Robbery2
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 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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