Electoral wardE05016358
Heaton ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
Heaton is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,594 residents in 4,797 households — 7,320 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,594council ward average 11,543
Households4,7972.21 residents per household
Density7,320/ km²about 1.45 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+10.4%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 9.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 356
5–93.0% · 320
10–153.4% · 356
16–193.4% · 359
20–2420.8% · 2,200
25–3426.9% · 2,851
35–4916.4% · 1,736
50–6412.4% · 1,312
65–745.8% · 614
75–843.3% · 345
85+1.3% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.4% · 1,702
1 car or van44.5% · 2,139
2 cars or vans15.5% · 744
3 or more4.5% · 217
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.
Owned outright21.3% · 1,022
With mortgage23.9% · 1,147
Shared ownership0.5% · 22
Social rented11.1% · 532
Private rented43.2% · 2,069
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house1.4% · 68
Semi-detached house16.9% · 812
Terraced house25.7% · 1,233
Purpose-built flat31.3% · 1,503
Converted house23.2% · 1,113
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office1.0% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016358- Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.