Electoral wardE05016563
Whickham North & Swalwell ward, Gateshead
Whickham North & Swalwell is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,063 residents in 3,329 households — 1,839 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20217,063council ward average 8,916
Households3,3292.12 residents per household
Density1,839/ km²about 3.84 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+23.6%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 289
5–94.3% · 305
10–156.4% · 455
16–193.7% · 261
20–244.9% · 344
25–3411.6% · 816
35–4918.3% · 1,294
50–6423.0% · 1,626
65–7412.7% · 897
75–847.6% · 538
85+3.3% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.1% · 1,033
1 car or van41.9% · 1,393
2 cars or vans21.1% · 701
3 or more5.9% · 197
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright34.6% · 1,152
With mortgage26.0% · 864
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented21.8% · 724
Private rented17.3% · 577
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house19.2% · 638
Semi-detached house45.9% · 1,528
Terraced house15.7% · 521
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 492
Converted house3.5% · 117
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016563- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.