West Park

South Tyneside · North East · population 5,024 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,297 of 6,856 in England
  • #187 of 342 in North East
  • #11 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,024
Median age (est.)46
Density4,100per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 19%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

West Park is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,297 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £135,000 over the past year, down 24% across five years (from 50 sales), 20% below the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £33,218 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 125 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 31 · #4,721
Employment 18 · #5,619
Education 50 · #3,460
Health 12 · #6,003
Crime 16 · #5,729
Housing & access 96 · #307
Living environment 22 · #5,311

House prices ?

£135,000median (12m) · -7.3% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£135,00050-7.3%-24.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£210,00017-5.2%+2.4%
Terraced£110,00019-4.3%0.0%
Flat£95,00013+11.5%+28.4%
This area£135,000
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)£33,218±£4,734 · #5,599 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,818
Price-to-income ?4.1×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

125 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 626 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #5,552 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft233
Burglary16
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons50
Drugs8
Robbery5
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 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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