Electoral wardE05016553
Dunston Hill & Whickham East ward, Gateshead
Dunston Hill & Whickham East is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,410 residents in 3,254 households — 1,804 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20217,410council ward average 8,916
Households3,2542.28 residents per household
Density1,804/ km²about 4.11 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+22.4%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 378
5–95.4% · 400
10–156.3% · 471
16–193.8% · 283
20–244.5% · 337
25–3411.2% · 832
35–4918.5% · 1,373
50–6422.7% · 1,686
65–7411.7% · 868
75–847.5% · 553
85+3.2% · 240
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 721
1 car or van41.9% · 1,364
2 cars or vans28.7% · 934
3 or more7.2% · 235
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.2% · 1,338
With mortgage35.5% · 1,153
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented13.1% · 426
Private rented10.1% · 327
Type of home
Detached house13.2% · 431
Semi-detached house60.9% · 1,981
Terraced house15.8% · 514
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 256
Converted house1.8% · 58
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016553- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 15 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.