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Wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council is divided into 22 electoral wards. At the 2021 Census they had 196,149 residents in 88,990 households, 1,378 people per km². 20.3% were aged 65 or over and 58.0% of households owned their home.

Wards22
Average ward8,916residents
Under 1617.5%
No car or van32.4%
WardResidentsHouseholdsPeople / km²Aged 65+OwnedNo carConstituency
Birtley North & Lamesley9,4854,14537719.5%59.9%26.5%—
Birtley South8,2733,6902,17123.7%60.8%29.5%—
Blaydon10,4664,7701,97918.3%54.6%31.8%—
Bridges9,2344,3583,11812.0%34.9%46.3%—
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill8,8314,18444824.9%61.7%27.8%—
Chowdene7,9723,6695,42323.6%60.2%33.4%—
Crawcrook & Greenside8,0273,64667921.9%75.0%18.8%—
Deckham9,3844,1975,95415.4%41.7%43.4%—
Dunston Hill & Whickham East7,4103,2541,80422.4%76.6%22.2%—
Dunston, Teams & Riverside9,2464,5581,74914.5%44.7%38.6%—
Felling7,4223,4862,73218.5%33.4%49.6%—
High Fell9,4034,1253,88716.2%39.9%44.6%—
Lobley Hill & Bensham7,7193,5293,74620.1%53.5%38.2%—
Low Fell9,3684,2644,61422.7%79.4%21.3%—
Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay8,0243,6802,52620.2%58.0%32.7%—
Ryton, Crookhill & Stella9,8484,4171,07022.9%71.9%21.3%—
Saltwell13,2845,4696,71211.0%43.0%45.0%—
Wardley & Leam Lane8,7503,9341,96422.9%65.2%28.1%—
Whickham North & Swalwell7,0633,3291,83923.6%60.6%31.1%—
Whickham South & Sunniside9,8534,41966229.6%83.6%16.8%—
Windy Nook & Whitehills9,1774,2373,41221.4%51.9%38.3%—
Winlaton & High Spen7,9103,63067727.5%75.4%21.8%—
22 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0
Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to Gateshead