Electoral wardE05016350
Byker ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
Byker is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,106 residents in 7,148 households — 4,342 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,106council ward average 11,543
Households7,1482.11 residents per household
Density4,342/ km²about 3.48 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+13.7%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 925
5–96.2% · 931
10–157.2% · 1,082
16–194.3% · 644
20–248.0% · 1,215
25–3418.5% · 2,799
35–4918.3% · 2,765
50–6417.7% · 2,668
65–747.7% · 1,156
75–844.5% · 676
85+1.5% · 233
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van58.4% · 4,171
1 car or van32.1% · 2,293
2 cars or vans8.1% · 581
3 or more1.4% · 103
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.
Owned outright12.1% · 863
With mortgage12.0% · 861
Shared ownership0.2% · 14
Social rented53.5% · 3,825
Private rented21.7% · 1,552
Lives rent free0.5% · 38
Type of home
Detached house3.8% · 273
Semi-detached house16.8% · 1,200
Terraced house32.2% · 2,297
Purpose-built flat40.1% · 2,862
Converted house5.4% · 388
Other conversion0.9% · 67
Above shop / office0.8% · 55
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016350- Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 26
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.