Whiteleas

South Tyneside · North East · population 6,702 · 5 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,811 of 6,856 in England
  • #228 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 23 in South Tyneside
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,610
Median age (est.)44
Density3,369per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 35%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Administrative11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 42% · Other 0%

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

Whiteleas is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,811 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 23 in South Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Health (6). Typical homes here sold for about £136,475 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 50 sales), 19% below the wider South Tyneside median of £168,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,422 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 82 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 17 · #5,695
Employment 9 · #6,243
Education 24 · #5,242
Health 6 · #6,421
Crime 19 · #5,523
Housing & access 82 · #1,198
Living environment 76 · #1,616

House prices ?

£136,475median (12m) · +9.2% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£136,47550+9.2%+18.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£165,00019+15.8%+22.2%
Terraced£126,50027+3.3%+40.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£136,475
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)£30,422±£4,364 · #6,312 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,627
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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

82 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 549 offences
South Tyneside91
North East97
England83

Rank #4,163 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences267
Theft63
Burglary22
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons55
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other30

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 145 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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