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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007099

Newcastle City Centre

Newcastle City Centre is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,250 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newcastle upon Tyne
10,250

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,274

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,438

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

66.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.6%

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.

Central & Islington, Liverpool14,133 residents · 10.5% owned · 71.2% no carLeeds City Centre, Leeds9,531 residents · 19.4% owned · 66.9% no carDevonshire Quarter, Sheffield7,849 residents · 12.2% owned · 63.6% no carCity Centre & Harbourside, Bristol, City of8,021 residents · 33.4% owned · 47.6% no carUniversity & Little Woodhouse, Leeds9,987 residents · 8.0% owned · 60.9% no carLeicester City Centre, Leicester10,053 residents · 9.1% owned · 72.6% no car

Most similar within Newcastle upon Tyne

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Shieldfield & Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne8,418 residents · 17.7% owned · 57.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Newcastle City Centre

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

Tenure

Private rented56.4%
1,845 households
Social rented29.2%
955 households
Owned14.1%
460 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement66.9%
2,189 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.9%
290 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse7.9%
258 households
Terraced6.4%
211 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.3%
142 households
Semi-detached3.7%
121 households
Detached1.8%
60 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household66.4%
2,174 households
1 car or van in household28.2%
922 households
2 cars or vans in household4.3%
141 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.1%
36 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom41.4%
1,356 households
2 bedrooms40.8%
1,336 households
3 bedrooms11.3%
369 households
4 or more bedrooms6.5%
212 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household53.7%
1,758 households
Single family household30.6%
1,001 households
Other household types15.7%
514 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household53.8%
1,758 households
2 people in household33%
1,080 households
3 people in household6.1%
199 households
4 people in household4.1%
135 households
5 people in household1.3%
43 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
30 households
6 people in household0.6%
18 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 152.8%
283 residents
15–2971.3%
7,313 residents
30–4413.9%
1,429 residents
45–647.9%
809 residents
65 and over4.1%
418 residents
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64%
6,555 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh22.9%
2,350 residents
Other ethnic group6.3%
648 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
378 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.1%
318 residents
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications41.8%
4,156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above40.6%
4,037 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7%
696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.3%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.3%
230 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
221 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.8%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive59%
5,864 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)26.1%
2,597 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student14.9%
1,484 residents aged 16 and over
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students64%
6,363 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.8%
777 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations3.8%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.4%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations2.8%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.4%
243 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.3%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.6%
5,804 residents
Good health32%
3,285 residents
Fair health8.6%
881 residents
Bad health2.1%
212 residents
Very bad health0.7%
68 residents
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
8,885 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,366 residents
Newcastle City Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.3%
1,746 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,039 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.2%
368 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.4%
110 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Newcastle City Centre · 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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