Electoral wardE05016359
Jesmond ward, Newcastle upon Tyne
Jesmond is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 16,773 residents in 6,162 households — 7,024 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,773council ward average 11,543
Households6,1622.72 residents per household
Density7,024/ km²about 2.39 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+9.9%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 5.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–41.5% · 256
5–91.6% · 270
10–151.9% · 318
16–197.5% · 1,259
20–2448.4% · 8,122
25–3411.8% · 1,980
35–498.4% · 1,408
50–648.9% · 1,497
65–745.3% · 886
75–843.1% · 518
85+1.6% · 263
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.4% · 1,750
1 car or van41.0% · 2,526
2 cars or vans22.1% · 1,359
3 or more8.5% · 526
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle upon Tyne overall: 49.2% owned, 27.3% social rented, 22.8% private rented.
Owned outright21.8% · 1,342
With mortgage16.0% · 983
Shared ownership0.7% · 42
Social rented7.1% · 436
Private rented54.4% · 3,352
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house4.4% · 268
Semi-detached house11.1% · 683
Terraced house24.2% · 1,493
Purpose-built flat27.2% · 1,678
Converted house30.7% · 1,890
Other conversion1.6% · 98
Above shop / office0.7% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016359- Council
- Newcastle City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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.