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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001689

Bensham North

Bensham North is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,507 residents in Gateshead. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Gateshead
7,507

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,113

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,617.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

51.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.6%

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.

Bank Hall & Fulledge, Burnley6,308 residents · 40.9% owned · 47.0% no carByker East, Newcastle upon Tyne6,507 residents · 40.0% owned · 49.7% no carBenwell, Newcastle upon Tyne8,173 residents · 40.9% owned · 44.7% no carBarclay Hills & Trinity, Burnley9,618 residents · 40.0% owned · 41.5% no carAnfield West, Liverpool6,286 residents · 32.6% owned · 54.6% no carRadcliffe, Bury8,617 residents · 36.2% owned · 40.9% no car

Most similar within Gateshead

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Gateshead South, Gateshead5,126 residents · 47.8% owned · 44.7% no carPelaw, Felling Shore & Bill Quay, Gateshead6,667 residents · 41.0% owned · 43.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bensham North

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

Tenure

Owned36.1%
1,124 households
Private rented34.5%
1,073 households
Social rented28.8%
897 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement33.8%
1,053 households
Terraced31.6%
984 households
Semi-detached18.2%
567 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.3%
320 households
Detached4.1%
129 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household51.7%
1,608 households
1 car or van in household35%
1,089 households
2 cars or vans in household11.1%
344 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.3%
72 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.5%
1,230 households
3 bedrooms31.2%
969 households
4 or more bedrooms17.3%
539 households
1 bedroom12%
372 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.7%
1,606 households
One-person household39.8%
1,237 households
Other household types8.6%
266 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.7%
1,237 households
2 people in household28.5%
886 households
3 people in household14.4%
447 households
4 people in household8%
249 households
5 people in household3.6%
112 households
8 or more people in household2.3%
72 households
6 people in household2.2%
70 households
7 people in household1.3%
40 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
1,593 residents
15–2920.5%
1,535 residents
30–4419.9%
1,496 residents
45–6422.8%
1,713 residents
65 and over15.6%
1,169 residents
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.6%
6,280 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
467 residents
Other ethnic group5.7%
430 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
207 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
124 residents
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29%
1,690 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.6%
1,377 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
830 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.8%
808 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
621 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.9%
3,146 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
2,551 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17%
990 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed16.9%
986 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
879 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
776 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.9%
458 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.6%
387 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
3,551 residents
Good health29%
2,173 residents
Fair health15.3%
1,146 residents
Bad health6.5%
491 residents
Very bad health1.9%
145 residents
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.7%
5,755 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.3%
1,752 residents
Bensham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.3%
1,130 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
1,055 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%
659 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.2%
254 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Bensham North · 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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