Electoral wardE05016565
Windy Nook & Whitehills ward, Gateshead
Windy Nook & Whitehills is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,177 residents in 4,237 households — 3,412 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,177council ward average 8,916
Households4,2372.17 residents per household
Density3,412/ km²about 2.69 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+21.4%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 475
5–95.6% · 518
10–156.7% · 611
16–193.9% · 357
20–245.2% · 482
25–3412.3% · 1,126
35–4917.1% · 1,572
50–6422.6% · 2,074
65–7411.9% · 1,097
75–846.7% · 611
85+2.9% · 262
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van38.3% · 1,625
1 car or van40.3% · 1,707
2 cars or vans17.4% · 739
3 or more3.9% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright28.8% · 1,222
With mortgage23.1% · 978
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented35.6% · 1,509
Private rented12.1% · 513
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 322
Semi-detached house58.7% · 2,486
Terraced house24.7% · 1,048
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 327
Converted house0.9% · 39
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016565- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 7 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.