Simonside & Rekendyke ward, South Tyneside

Simonside & Rekendyke is one of 18 electoral wards of South Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,604 residents in 4,862 households — 3,286 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 20219,604council ward average 8,210

Households4,8621.98 residents per household

Density3,286/ km²about 2.92 km² · South Tyneside 2,294

Aged 65+17.7%South Tyneside: 20.9% · under 16: 17.4%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 576

5–95.7% · 546

10–155.8% · 554

16–194.2% · 406

20–246.1% · 588

25–3416.0% · 1,539

35–4918.1% · 1,742

50–6420.4% · 1,964

65–7410.7% · 1,028

75–845.0% · 485

85+1.9% · 185

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.0% · 2,238

1 car or van37.8% · 1,838

2 cars or vans13.7% · 664

3 or more2.5% · 122

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Tyneside overall: 56.6% owned, 29.6% social rented, 13.2% private rented.

Owned outright19.9% · 966

With mortgage19.8% · 963

Shared ownership0.2% · 12

Social rented40.9% · 1,989

Private rented19.0% · 921

Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.7% · 180

Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,378

Terraced house33.3% · 1,618

Purpose-built flat27.1% · 1,316

Converted house5.9% · 289

Other conversion0.7% · 34

Above shop / office0.9% · 42

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016275
Council: South Tyneside Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 10 of 18

All 18 wards of South 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.