South Shields East

South Tyneside · North East · population 8,106 · 5 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,921 of 6,856 in England
  • #239 of 342 in North East
  • #17 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,077
Median age (est.)42
Density4,115per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above29%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 16%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 11%Other: 12%
One person 42%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 11%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 19%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 77%Asian 19%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 35% · Muslim 17%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

South Shields East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,921 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here sold for about £122,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 84 sales), 27% below the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,648 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 184 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 17 · #5,674
Employment 10 · #6,133
Education 37 · #4,310
Health 10 · #6,188
Crime 5 · #6,510
Housing & access 90 · #704
Living environment 14 · #5,880

House prices ?

£122,500median (12m) · -7.5% yr · n=84
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£122,50084-7.5%+0.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£169,99848+3.0%+30.8%
Flat£90,97532-11.7%+1.1%
This area£122,500
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)£30,648±£4,510 · #6,274 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,057
Price-to-income ?4.0×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

184 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,493 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #6,122 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences705
Theft266
Burglary45
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson139
Public order & weapons178
Drugs41
Robbery30
Other40

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 499 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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