Jarrow Town

South Tyneside · North East · population 5,216 · 4 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,353 of 6,856 in England
  • #288 of 342 in North East
  • #21 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,235
Median age (est.)44
Density1,602per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 40%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 42%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 13% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

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

Jarrow Town is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,353 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here sold for about £128,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 45 sales), 24% below the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £28,566 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 183 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,161
Employment 4 · #6,565
Education 19 · #5,544
Health 2 · #6,716
Crime 11 · #6,072
Housing & access 96 · #265
Living environment 22 · #5,345

House prices ?

£128,000median (12m) · -6.2% yr · n=45
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£128,00045-6.2%+22.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£216,0006+31.7%
Terraced£140,00027+1.4%+26.1%
Flat£69,50011-10.9%+13.0%
This area£128,000
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)£28,566±£4,140 · #6,616 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,159
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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

183 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 953 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #6,115 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences349
Theft286
Burglary46
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons76
Drugs17
Robbery23
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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