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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001692

Mount Pleasant & Deckham East

Mount Pleasant & Deckham East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,313 residents in Gateshead. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Gateshead
6,313

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,708

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,286.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.7%

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.

Thorney Close & Plains Farm, Sunderland9,686 residents · 37.9% owned · 40.9% no carSheffield Lane Top & Longley Park, Sheffield6,056 residents · 45.2% owned · 34.9% no carPallion North, Sunderland7,354 residents · 40.0% owned · 40.4% no carChirton, North Tyneside7,745 residents · 37.2% owned · 43.3% no carBlacon South, Cheshire West and Chester7,341 residents · 47.9% owned · 33.6% no carParson Cross, Sheffield10,170 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.4% no car

Most similar within Gateshead

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Beacon Lough & Wrekenton, Gateshead7,869 residents · 39.5% owned · 45.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mount Pleasant & Deckham East

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

Tenure

Social rented50.7%
1,374 households
Owned35.4%
958 households
Private rented13.2%
357 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0.3%
7 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.9%
1,486 households
Terraced19.9%
538 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.9%
404 households
Detached6.4%
172 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.2%
86 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.8%
1,187 households
1 car or van in household40.7%
1,102 households
2 cars or vans in household12.8%
347 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.7%
73 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.6%
1,181 households
2 bedrooms43.4%
1,174 households
1 bedroom7.2%
195 households
4 or more bedrooms5.8%
156 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
1,744 households
One-person household30.9%
837 households
Other household types4.8%
130 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.3%
874 households
1 person in household30.9%
837 households
3 people in household19%
514 households
4 people in household11.3%
307 households
5 people in household4.6%
124 households
6 people in household1.3%
36 households
7 people in household0.4%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.4%
1,349 residents
15–2918.8%
1,187 residents
30–4421%
1,328 residents
45–6425.6%
1,615 residents
65 and over13.2%
833 residents
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.7%
5,595 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.6%
290 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
193 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
145 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
88 residents
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.5%
1,392 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.7%
965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
768 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
717 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
624 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
295 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.9%
2,639 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.3%
2,166 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.4%
849 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.6%
764 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.9%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.6%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.2%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.8%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.4%
2,613 residents
Good health32.9%
2,076 residents
Fair health17%
1,073 residents
Bad health6.6%
419 residents
Very bad health2.1%
132 residents
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.9%
4,791 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.1%
1,522 residents
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
943 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.9%
918 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.7%
616 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.2%
222 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Mount Pleasant & Deckham East · 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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