Electoral wardE05016555
Felling ward, Gateshead
Felling is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,422 residents in 3,486 households — 2,732 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20217,422council ward average 8,916
Households3,4862.13 residents per household
Density2,732/ km²about 2.72 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+18.5%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 422
5–96.4% · 475
10–157.3% · 540
16–194.4% · 325
20–245.3% · 393
25–3413.8% · 1,025
35–4918.6% · 1,382
50–6420.0% · 1,485
65–7410.2% · 754
75–845.7% · 421
85+2.7% · 201
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van49.6% · 1,728
1 car or van36.8% · 1,281
2 cars or vans11.8% · 412
3 or more1.8% · 64
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright17.0% · 591
With mortgage16.4% · 572
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented52.8% · 1,838
Private rented13.4% · 467
Lives rent free0.3% · 9
Type of home
Detached house4.1% · 142
Semi-detached house49.0% · 1,710
Terraced house19.3% · 674
Purpose-built flat23.6% · 823
Converted house2.5% · 88
Other conversion0.5% · 16
Above shop / office0.9% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016555- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 9 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.