Whitburn & Marsden

South Tyneside · North East · population 7,556 · 5 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,228 of 6,856 in England
  • #125 of 342 in North East
  • #6 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,587
Median age (est.)50
Density1,152per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 28%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary8%
Process & plant8%

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 57% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Whitburn & Marsden is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,228 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 23 in South Tyneside. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (69) and lowest on Health (22). Typical homes here sold for about £190,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 99 sales), 13% above the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,494 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,340 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,351
Employment 25 · #5,160
Education 51 · #3,371
Health 22 · #5,324
Crime 51 · #3,371
Housing & access 47 · #3,652
Living environment 69 · #2,109

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,000990.0%+14.0%
Detached£397,47524-7.6%+10.4%
Semi-detached£185,00041-2.6%+21.7%
Terraced£169,50026+16.9%+11.1%
Flat£217,4758-25.0%
This area£190,000
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)£33,340±£4,747 · #5,565 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,740
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 395 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #2,292 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences173
Theft89
Burglary13
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons41
Drugs4
Robbery2
Other26

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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