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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001688

Dunston & Teams

Dunston & Teams is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,606 residents in Gateshead. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Gateshead
7,606

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,807

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,540

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Wallsend East, North Tyneside7,175 residents · 48.3% owned · 36.4% no carMiddleton Town & Rhodes, Rochdale7,210 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.4% no carWillington Quay, North Tyneside7,643 residents · 41.8% owned · 41.3% no carHeywood Town, Rochdale10,321 residents · 44.6% owned · 37.1% no carPontefract North West, Wakefield9,207 residents · 50.9% owned · 30.2% no carRuncorn Town & Westfield, Halton10,654 residents · 52.5% owned · 26.1% no car

Most similar within Gateshead

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pelaw, Felling Shore & Bill Quay, Gateshead6,667 residents · 41.0% owned · 43.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dunston & Teams

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned40.7%
1,548 households
Social rented35.2%
1,340 households
Private rented23.2%
884 households
Shared ownership0.7%
27 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement35.5%
1,351 households
Terraced30.2%
1,148 households
Semi-detached25.7%
979 households
Detached5.2%
197 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
87 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.7%
1,626 households
No cars or vans in household40.6%
1,546 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
525 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.9%
110 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms46.3%
1,763 households
3 bedrooms33.1%
1,262 households
1 bedroom14%
534 households
4 or more bedrooms6.5%
248 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.8%
1,972 households
One-person household43.8%
1,669 households
Other household types4.4%
167 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.8%
1,669 households
2 people in household31.3%
1,190 households
3 people in household13.2%
502 households
4 people in household7.5%
286 households
5 people in household2.8%
107 households
6 people in household1.1%
40 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,257 residents
15–2918.7%
1,423 residents
30–4427%
2,052 residents
45–6424.7%
1,882 residents
65 and over13%
991 residents
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.6%
6,506 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
474 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%
245 residents
Other ethnic group2.8%
210 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
165 residents
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.6%
1,923 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.4%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.1%
823 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
614 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61%
3,838 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.2%
2,343 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.4%
1,094 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.3%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.9%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
855 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
394 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
374 residents aged 16 and over
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.9%
3,262 residents
Good health34%
2,588 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,105 residents
Bad health6.4%
490 residents
Very bad health2.1%
159 residents
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
5,857 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,748 residents
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.4%
1,653 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,206 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.2%
691 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.6%
250 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Dunston & Teams · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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