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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001787

Fellgate & Hedworth

Fellgate & Hedworth is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,361 residents in South Tyneside. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for South Tyneside
5,361

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,418

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

666.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.1%

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.

Billingham South, Stockton-on-Tees5,637 residents · 58.7% owned · 24.9% no carAlbany and Blackfell, Sunderland6,693 residents · 57.5% owned · 28.2% no carWashington Town Centre & Biddick, Sunderland6,491 residents · 63.0% owned · 26.2% no carCramlington Town & Beaconhill, Northumberland9,260 residents · 51.3% owned · 27.5% no carNewbridge, Caerphilly6,237 residents · 66.4% owned · 19.6% no carWorkington East, Allerdale7,668 residents · 62.3% owned · 24.6% no car

Most similar within South Tyneside

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitburn & Marsden, South Tyneside7,590 residents · 63.6% owned · 26.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fellgate & Hedworth

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

Tenure

Owned59.2%
1,431 households
Social rented31.5%
762 households
Private rented8.9%
216 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.7%
983 households
Terraced38.1%
921 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12%
290 households
Detached8%
194 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
22 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%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,095 households
No cars or vans in household29.7%
718 households
2 cars or vans in household20.2%
488 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
117 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms67%
1,620 households
2 bedrooms20.2%
489 households
1 bedroom7.2%
173 households
4 or more bedrooms5.7%
137 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
1,585 households
One-person household31.5%
762 households
Other household types3%
72 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.7%
912 households
1 person in household31.5%
762 households
3 people in household16%
386 households
4 people in household10.5%
253 households
5 people in household3.3%
79 households
6 people in household0.8%
20 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
902 residents
15–2914.8%
791 residents
30–4416.4%
878 residents
45–6427.7%
1,487 residents
65 and over24.3%
1,303 residents
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
5,225 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
66 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
32 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
19 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
18 residents
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.1%
972 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.8%
958 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
612 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
501 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship9.5%
419 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.7%
2,316 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.5%
2,000 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
77 residents aged 16 and over
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.1%
706 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.9%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.6%
600 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.9%
567 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
297 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.6%
290 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6%
263 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.7%
2,237 residents
Good health35.1%
1,881 residents
Fair health15.9%
850 residents
Bad health5.7%
304 residents
Very bad health1.6%
88 residents
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
4,125 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,235 residents
Fellgate & Hedworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.8%
1,010 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.3%
902 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16%
387 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.8%
115 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Fellgate & Hedworth · 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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