Electoral wardE05016355
Elswick ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
Elswick is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,857 residents in 6,007 households — 5,079 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,857council ward average 11,543
Households6,0072.81 residents per household
Density5,079/ km²about 3.32 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+9.6%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 28.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.9% · 1,496
5–99.5% · 1,609
10–1510.5% · 1,774
16–195.4% · 911
20–246.5% · 1,102
25–3414.6% · 2,455
35–4921.7% · 3,661
50–6413.2% · 2,233
65–745.4% · 904
75–842.7% · 453
85+1.5% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van53.4% · 3,210
1 car or van33.8% · 2,033
2 cars or vans10.1% · 609
3 or more2.6% · 155
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.
Owned outright12.8% · 766
With mortgage13.6% · 817
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented41.0% · 2,459
Private rented31.7% · 1,900
Lives rent free0.6% · 33
Type of home
Detached house5.5% · 330
Semi-detached house30.6% · 1,838
Terraced house20.5% · 1,231
Purpose-built flat35.1% · 2,109
Converted house6.5% · 387
Other conversion0.7% · 42
Above shop / office1.0% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016355- Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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.