Fellgate & Hedworth

South Tyneside · North East · population 5,198 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,187 of 6,856 in England
  • #179 of 342 in North East
  • #9 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,361
Median age (est.)47
Density667per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 32%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 16%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 16%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Fellgate & Hedworth is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,187 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (81) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here, about £176,995 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 86% in five years (from 68 sales), 5% above the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,309 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 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 26 · #5,078
Employment 16 · #5,784
Education 34 · #4,488
Health 12 · #6,030
Crime 29 · #4,893
Housing & access 81 · #1,273
Living environment 54 · #3,145

House prices ?

£176,995median (12m) · +18.0% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£176,99568+18.0%+85.7%
Detached£315,2488-3.0%
Semi-detached£193,00031+17.0%+37.9%
Terraced£125,00025-10.7%+30.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£176,995
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)£33,309±£4,748 · #5,573 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,232
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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 374 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #3,661 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences171
Theft58
Burglary14
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons48
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 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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