Electoral wardE05016548
Bridges ward, Gateshead
Bridges is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,234 residents in 4,358 households — 3,118 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,234council ward average 8,916
Households4,3582.12 residents per household
Density3,118/ km²about 2.96 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+12.0%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 12.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 383
5–94.0% · 369
10–154.0% · 367
16–198.8% · 816
20–2410.4% · 959
25–3424.3% · 2,240
35–4917.6% · 1,622
50–6414.8% · 1,366
65–747.0% · 644
75–843.5% · 325
85+1.5% · 142
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.3% · 2,017
1 car or van40.3% · 1,759
2 cars or vans11.6% · 506
3 or more1.8% · 79
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright14.0% · 609
With mortgage20.9% · 913
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented27.5% · 1,201
Private rented36.9% · 1,607
Lives rent free0.5% · 20
Type of home
Detached house3.1% · 134
Semi-detached house10.1% · 440
Terraced house20.5% · 893
Purpose-built flat59.5% · 2,592
Converted house4.6% · 201
Other conversion1.1% · 46
Above shop / office1.1% · 49
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016548- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 8 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.