Electoral wardE05016557
Lobley Hill & Bensham ward, Gateshead
Lobley Hill & Bensham is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,719 residents in 3,529 households — 3,746 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20217,719council ward average 8,916
Households3,5292.19 residents per household
Density3,746/ km²about 2.06 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+20.1%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 371
5–94.9% · 380
10–156.5% · 500
16–193.8% · 295
20–245.4% · 417
25–3412.0% · 927
35–4919.6% · 1,512
50–6422.8% · 1,762
65–7410.9% · 842
75–846.6% · 513
85+2.6% · 199
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.2% · 1,348
1 car or van39.1% · 1,381
2 cars or vans17.7% · 624
3 or more5.0% · 178
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright27.5% · 971
With mortgage26.0% · 919
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented30.2% · 1,067
Private rented15.8% · 559
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house10.1% · 358
Semi-detached house51.5% · 1,817
Terraced house15.3% · 540
Purpose-built flat19.1% · 673
Converted house3.2% · 114
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016557- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 6 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.