Electoral wardE05016546
Birtley South ward, Gateshead
Birtley South is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,273 residents in 3,690 households — 2,171 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,273council ward average 8,916
Households3,6902.24 residents per household
Density2,171/ km²about 3.81 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+23.7%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 357
5–95.3% · 435
10–156.7% · 557
16–193.6% · 301
20–245.1% · 420
25–3411.3% · 939
35–4917.7% · 1,469
50–6422.2% · 1,834
65–7411.8% · 980
75–848.5% · 703
85+3.4% · 283
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.5% · 1,089
1 car or van41.6% · 1,532
2 cars or vans22.9% · 846
3 or more6.0% · 220
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright31.7% · 1,166
With mortgage29.1% · 1,073
Shared ownership1.0% · 37
Social rented23.1% · 851
Private rented15.1% · 556
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house14.1% · 522
Semi-detached house42.3% · 1,563
Terraced house30.7% · 1,133
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 390
Converted house1.4% · 51
Other conversion0.3% · 11
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016546- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 22
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.