1. Home
  2. Councils
  3. North Tyneside
  4. Wards
  5. Weetslade
Electoral wardE05015883

Weetslade ward, North Tyneside

Weetslade is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,518 residents in 5,008 households — 1,229 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

Residents, 202110,518council ward average 10,448
Households5,0082.1 residents per household
Density1,229/ km²about 8.56 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+25.3%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 534
5–94.9% · 518
10–155.9% · 622
16–193.6% · 377
20–244.0% · 420
25–3412.3% · 1,299
35–4917.6% · 1,850
50–6421.2% · 2,233
65–7413.9% · 1,464
75–848.1% · 851
85+3.3% · 351

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.8% · 1,041
1 car or van46.1% · 2,310
2 cars or vans26.7% · 1,339
3 or more6.4% · 320
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.4% · 2,028
With mortgage32.6% · 1,637
Shared ownership0.6% · 29
Social rented15.4% · 771
Private rented10.9% · 549
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house16.8% · 840
Semi-detached house57.4% · 2,876
Terraced house17.0% · 850
Purpose-built flat7.3% · 367
Converted house1.1% · 53
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
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.