Boldon Colliery

South Tyneside · North East · population 5,901 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,222 of 6,856 in England
  • #182 of 342 in North East
  • #10 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,781
Median age (est.)45
Density2,785per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 27%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 34%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Sikh 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

Boldon Colliery is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,222 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £145,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 74 sales), 14% below the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,444 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 85 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 28 · #4,968
Employment 16 · #5,777
Education 36 · #4,351
Health 12 · #6,030
Crime 37 · #4,303
Housing & access 86 · #992
Living environment 59 · #2,781

House prices ?

£145,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£145,00074+1.8%+11.5%
Detached£302,50016-2.4%+4.3%
Semi-detached£186,00020+11.4%+32.9%
Terraced£120,00029-8.9%+26.3%
Flat£83,0009
This area£145,000
South Tyneside£168,500
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)£32,444±£4,649 · #5,837 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,335
Price-to-income ?4.5×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

85 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 502 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #4,335 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft104
Burglary33
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons43
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 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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