Electoral wardE05016552
Deckham ward, Gateshead
Deckham is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,384 residents in 4,197 households — 5,954 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,384council ward average 8,916
Households4,1972.24 residents per household
Density5,954/ km²about 1.58 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+15.4%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 575
5–96.6% · 616
10–157.8% · 729
16–194.3% · 400
20–246.2% · 584
25–3414.5% · 1,359
35–4919.4% · 1,821
50–6419.8% · 1,861
65–748.4% · 792
75–844.8% · 450
85+2.2% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van43.4% · 1,823
1 car or van39.3% · 1,651
2 cars or vans14.4% · 606
3 or more2.8% · 116
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright22.5% · 943
With mortgage19.3% · 808
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented38.6% · 1,618
Private rented19.1% · 803
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house5.1% · 215
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,710
Terraced house23.5% · 988
Purpose-built flat23.3% · 980
Converted house6.3% · 265
Other conversion0.5% · 20
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016552- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.