Electoral wardE05016566
Winlaton & High Spen ward, Gateshead
Winlaton & High Spen is one of 22 electoral wards of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,910 residents in 3,630 households — 677 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20217,910council ward average 8,916
Households3,6302.18 residents per household
Density677/ km²about 11.68 km² · Gateshead 1,378
Aged 65+27.5%Gateshead: 20.3% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 308
5–95.0% · 399
10–155.7% · 451
16–193.4% · 272
20–244.6% · 361
25–349.8% · 777
35–4917.1% · 1,352
50–6423.0% · 1,818
65–7413.4% · 1,060
75–8410.3% · 813
85+3.8% · 302
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.8% · 790
1 car or van43.2% · 1,567
2 cars or vans26.8% · 971
3 or more8.2% · 297
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gateshead overall: 58.0% owned, 25.1% social rented, 16.4% private rented.
Owned outright44.9% · 1,632
With mortgage30.5% · 1,106
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented13.5% · 489
Private rented11.0% · 400
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house17.0% · 618
Semi-detached house54.3% · 1,972
Terraced house23.9% · 868
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 155
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016566- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 19 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.