Electoral wardE05016556
High Fell ward, Gateshead
High Fell is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,403 residents in 4,125 households — 3,887 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,403council ward average 8,916
Households4,1252.28 residents per household
Density3,887/ km²about 2.42 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+16.2%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 537
5–96.6% · 624
10–158.1% · 757
16–194.9% · 461
20–245.6% · 528
25–3412.9% · 1,216
35–4918.1% · 1,702
50–6421.9% · 2,055
65–748.2% · 774
75–845.7% · 534
85+2.3% · 215
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.6% · 1,841
1 car or van37.0% · 1,527
2 cars or vans14.9% · 614
3 or more3.4% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright20.2% · 834
With mortgage19.7% · 812
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented48.9% · 2,020
Private rented10.7% · 440
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 328
Semi-detached house46.3% · 1,909
Terraced house25.2% · 1,041
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 742
Converted house1.9% · 79
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016556- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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.