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Whitley Bay North ward, North Tyneside

Whitley Bay North is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,559 residents in 4,327 households — 5,444 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tynemouth constituency.

Residents, 202110,559council ward average 10,448
Households4,3272.44 residents per household
Density5,444/ km²about 1.94 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+19.3%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 544
5–96.6% · 693
10–158.6% · 909
16–194.6% · 488
20–244.0% · 419
25–348.1% · 860
35–4922.6% · 2,390
50–6421.0% · 2,221
65–7410.8% · 1,139
75–846.0% · 630
85+2.5% · 267

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.1% · 871
1 car or van45.0% · 1,947
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,231
3 or more6.3% · 274
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.8% · 1,677
With mortgage39.6% · 1,713
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented4.9% · 211
Private rented16.5% · 714
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house4.4% · 190
Semi-detached house38.9% · 1,683
Terraced house33.4% · 1,444
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 593
Converted house6.5% · 282
Other conversion1.0% · 43
Above shop / office2.2% · 94
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.