Electoral wardE05016564
Whickham South & Sunniside ward, Gateshead
Whickham South & Sunniside is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,853 residents in 4,419 households — 662 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,853council ward average 8,916
Households4,4192.23 residents per household
Density662/ km²about 14.89 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+29.6%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 494
5–95.3% · 524
10–156.2% · 615
16–193.6% · 358
20–243.5% · 346
25–349.0% · 883
35–4918.2% · 1,796
50–6419.5% · 1,919
65–7416.1% · 1,587
75–8410.2% · 1,009
85+3.3% · 325
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.8% · 743
1 car or van43.4% · 1,916
2 cars or vans31.7% · 1,400
3 or more8.0% · 355
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright50.9% · 2,249
With mortgage32.6% · 1,442
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented6.4% · 281
Private rented9.8% · 433
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house27.4% · 1,213
Semi-detached house48.8% · 2,161
Terraced house15.1% · 670
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 352
Converted house0.6% · 26
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016564- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 20 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.