Electoral wardE05016547
Blaydon ward, Gateshead
Blaydon is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,466 residents in 4,770 households — 1,979 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,466council ward average 8,916
Households4,7702.19 residents per household
Density1,979/ km²about 5.29 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+18.3%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 548
5–96.0% · 623
10–157.2% · 756
16–194.0% · 423
20–245.5% · 571
25–3413.8% · 1,443
35–4919.5% · 2,038
50–6420.5% · 2,145
65–749.7% · 1,012
75–846.2% · 648
85+2.5% · 257
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.8% · 1,517
1 car or van41.7% · 1,989
2 cars or vans21.0% · 1,003
3 or more5.5% · 263
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright23.6% · 1,128
With mortgage30.9% · 1,477
Shared ownership0.6% · 28
Social rented28.9% · 1,378
Private rented15.9% · 761
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 536
Semi-detached house40.6% · 1,937
Terraced house38.6% · 1,841
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 372
Converted house0.4% · 18
Other conversion0.8% · 39
Above shop / office0.5% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016547- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 12 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.