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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006841

Gateshead Town

Gateshead Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,691 residents in Gateshead. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Gateshead
7,691

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,692

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,774.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

45.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.9%

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.

Chester Boughton West & Hoole, Cheshire West and Chester8,568 residents · 34.3% owned · 38.9% no carCathedral Quarter & California, Derby12,267 residents · 21.1% owned · 49.3% no carOrdsall West, Salford6,666 residents · 19.5% owned · 44.9% no carEast End Park & Richmond Hill, Leeds10,987 residents · 22.4% owned · 53.0% no carButetown, Cardiff10,031 residents · 31.3% owned · 37.6% no carLeeds Dock, Hunslet & Stourton, Leeds7,886 residents · 33.2% owned · 46.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gateshead Town

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

Tenure

Private rented36.7%
1,356 households
Owned33.7%
1,244 households
Social rented29%
1,069 households
Lives rent free0.5%
18 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement64.9%
2,396 households
Terraced16.5%
611 households
Semi-detached9.1%
337 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.9%
143 households
Detached3.4%
125 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household45.8%
1,692 households
1 car or van in household40.7%
1,504 households
2 cars or vans in household11.6%
430 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.8%
66 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms51.7%
1,911 households
3 bedrooms25.5%
943 households
1 bedroom16.9%
625 households
4 or more bedrooms5.8%
214 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.3%
1,819 households
Single family household43.9%
1,622 households
Other household types6.8%
252 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.3%
1,819 households
2 people in household33.7%
1,245 households
3 people in household8.7%
320 households
4 people in household5.1%
188 households
5 people in household2.1%
76 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.5%
811 residents
15–2936%
2,768 residents
30–4424%
1,846 residents
45–6418.6%
1,428 residents
65 and over10.9%
838 residents
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80.4%
6,177 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.4%
644 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
331 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.9%
303 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
230 residents
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.9%
2,660 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.3%
1,458 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.9%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.6%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.1%
3,836 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
2,550 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.6%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students19.1%
1,305 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
954 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.7%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.1%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
682 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.7%
319 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
310 residents aged 16 and over
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.3%
3,715 residents
Good health32.4%
2,491 residents
Fair health12.1%
927 residents
Bad health5.6%
428 residents
Very bad health1.7%
128 residents
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
6,175 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,514 residents
Gateshead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50%
1,846 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.4%
1,085 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
539 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
209 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Gateshead Town · 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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