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Electoral wardE05015876

North Shields ward, North Tyneside

North Shields is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,769 residents in 5,964 households — 3,261 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tynemouth constituency.

Residents, 202110,769council ward average 10,448
Households5,9641.81 residents per household
Density3,261/ km²about 3.30 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+19.3%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 479
5–94.3% · 465
10–155.0% · 538
16–193.5% · 372
20–245.4% · 582
25–3414.5% · 1,566
35–4920.8% · 2,238
50–6422.7% · 2,446
65–7411.5% · 1,236
75–845.5% · 596
85+2.3% · 251

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.1% · 2,511
1 car or van41.9% · 2,496
2 cars or vans13.6% · 808
3 or more2.5% · 148
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Tyneside overall: 63.7% owned, 20.5% social rented, 15.2% private rented.

Owned outright20.1% · 1,197
With mortgage22.3% · 1,331
Shared ownership0.9% · 51
Social rented28.2% · 1,684
Private rented28.5% · 1,700
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.3% · 195
Semi-detached house11.8% · 706
Terraced house27.7% · 1,654
Purpose-built flat42.5% · 2,538
Converted house10.7% · 641
Other conversion2.4% · 141
Above shop / office1.5% · 91
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015876
Constituency
Tynemouth
Region
North East
Density rank in council
8 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

CChirton & Percy Main14.9% aged 65+ · 38.0% owned12,346CCullercoats & Whitley Bay South25.9% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned10,657MMonkseaton23.8% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned11,216NNew York & Murton18.3% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned7,893PPreston with Preston Grange25.9% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned10,986SShiremoor13.7% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned12,018SSt Mary's29.0% aged 65+ · 87.9% owned10,408TTynemouth25.2% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned10,419WWhitley Bay North19.3% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned10,559

All 20 wards of North Tyneside

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.