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Electoral wardE05016366

Ouseburn ward, Newcastle upon Tyne

Ouseburn is one of 26 electoral wards of Newcastle City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 18,784 residents in 5,495 households — 9,257 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202118,784council ward average 11,543
Households5,4953.42 residents per household
Density9,257/ km²about 2.03 km² · Newcastle upon Tyne 2,646
Aged 65+5.2%Newcastle upon Tyne: 14.8% · under 16: 4.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–41.5% · 279
5–91.5% · 276
10–151.8% · 329
16–1922.5% · 4,234
20–2437.6% · 7,062
25–3414.9% · 2,794
35–498.4% · 1,572
50–646.7% · 1,263
65–743.2% · 598
75–841.5% · 287
85+0.5% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van48.4% · 2,664
1 car or van37.5% · 2,061
2 cars or vans11.0% · 606
3 or more3.1% · 168
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright10.9% · 599
With mortgage11.9% · 653
Shared ownership0.7% · 40
Social rented31.0% · 1,707
Private rented45.2% · 2,485
Lives rent free0.3% · 16

Type of home

Detached house1.0% · 56
Semi-detached house3.3% · 181
Terraced house18.1% · 996
Purpose-built flat57.7% · 3,169
Converted house16.3% · 893
Other conversion2.9% · 157
Above shop / office0.8% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016366
Region
North East
Density rank in council
1 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.