Electoral wardE05016558
Low Fell ward, Gateshead
Low Fell is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,368 residents in 4,264 households — 4,614 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,368council ward average 8,916
Households4,2642.2 residents per household
Density4,614/ km²about 2.03 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+22.7%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 442
5–95.5% · 511
10–156.1% · 571
16–193.2% · 296
20–243.8% · 360
25–3411.6% · 1,085
35–4919.5% · 1,827
50–6422.9% · 2,146
65–7412.5% · 1,173
75–847.3% · 687
85+2.9% · 270
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 908
1 car or van46.1% · 1,966
2 cars or vans26.9% · 1,148
3 or more5.7% · 242
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright42.4% · 1,808
With mortgage37.0% · 1,581
Shared ownership0.9% · 39
Social rented6.2% · 263
Private rented13.5% · 578
Type of home
Detached house7.3% · 310
Semi-detached house47.0% · 2,004
Terraced house23.7% · 1,011
Purpose-built flat16.1% · 685
Converted house4.6% · 196
Other conversion0.6% · 26
Above shop / office0.6% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016558- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.