Fawdon & West Gosforth ward, Newcastle upon Tyne

Fawdon & West Gosforth is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,714 residents in 6,043 households — 3,464 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202112,714council ward average 11,543

Households6,0432.1 residents per household

Density3,464/ km²about 3.67 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646

Aged 65+20.0%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 17.1%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 587

5–95.5% · 701

10–156.9% · 882

16–193.7% · 468

20–245.6% · 708

25–3414.6% · 1,859

35–4919.3% · 2,452

50–6419.8% · 2,525

65–7410.5% · 1,333

75–846.3% · 799

85+3.2% · 407

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.7% · 2,159

1 car or van44.7% · 2,705

2 cars or vans16.8% · 1,014

3 or more2.8% · 168

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.

Owned outright29.7% · 1,797

With mortgage23.9% · 1,445

Shared ownership0.6% · 37

Social rented21.9% · 1,324

Private rented23.8% · 1,437

Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house4.4% · 264

Semi-detached house41.2% · 2,488

Terraced house21.8% · 1,315

Purpose-built flat27.5% · 1,664

Converted house4.1% · 250

Other conversion0.4% · 24

Above shop / office0.6% · 34

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016356
Council: Newcastle City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 19 of 26

All 26 wards of Newcastle upon Tyne

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.