Electoral wardE05016561
Saltwell ward, Gateshead
Saltwell is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,284 residents in 5,469 households — 6,712 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,284council ward average 8,916
Households5,4692.43 residents per household
Density6,712/ km²about 1.98 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+11.0%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 24.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.9% · 1,045
5–97.8% · 1,031
10–158.8% · 1,166
16–194.6% · 613
20–247.1% · 939
25–3419.0% · 2,526
35–4919.7% · 2,620
50–6414.2% · 1,890
65–746.3% · 840
75–843.2% · 431
85+1.4% · 184
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van45.0% · 2,463
1 car or van39.8% · 2,177
2 cars or vans12.9% · 707
3 or more2.4% · 129
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright20.0% · 1,095
With mortgage23.0% · 1,257
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented15.2% · 834
Private rented40.9% · 2,237
Lives rent free0.4% · 23
Type of home
Detached house3.3% · 181
Semi-detached house14.5% · 791
Terraced house29.6% · 1,623
Purpose-built flat36.8% · 2,015
Converted house13.9% · 760
Other conversion1.1% · 58
Above shop / office0.8% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016561- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 1 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.