Willington Quay

North Tyneside · North East · population 7,740 · 4 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,030 of 6,856 in England
  • #252 of 342 in North East
  • #28 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,640
Median age (est.)38
Density3,029per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 37%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 17%Other: 9%
One person 37%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 17%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Willington Quay is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,030 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 30 in North Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £136,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 69 sales), 37% below the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Typical household take-home income is around £31,109 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 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 13 · #5,982
Employment 9 · #6,216
Education 19 · #5,530
Health 6 · #6,469
Crime 4 · #6,613
Housing & access 96 · #259
Living environment 52 · #3,282

House prices ?

£136,500median (12m) · -14.2% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£136,50069-14.2%+27.0%
Detached£245,0009-3.9%+32.4%
Semi-detached£175,00025-5.4%+48.9%
Terraced£128,75024-12.5%+22.6%
Flat£75,00011-2.6%+16.3%
This area£136,500
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)£31,109±£4,480 · #6,161 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,942
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 819 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #5,087 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences421
Theft91
Burglary39
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons70
Drugs23
Robbery10
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 147 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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