Whitburn & Marsden ward, South Tyneside

Whitburn & Marsden is one of 18 electoral wards of South Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,590 residents in 3,527 households — 1,152 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 20217,590council ward average 8,210

Households3,5272.15 residents per household

Density1,152/ km²about 6.59 km² · South Tyneside 2,294

Aged 65+25.9%South Tyneside: 20.9% · under 16: 16.3%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 309

5–95.0% · 377

10–157.2% · 548

16–193.7% · 280

20–244.1% · 309

25–349.4% · 710

35–4917.0% · 1,288

50–6423.8% · 1,805

65–7414.0% · 1,060

75–848.7% · 659

85+3.2% · 244

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.2% · 925

1 car or van42.6% · 1,503

2 cars or vans23.4% · 825

3 or more7.8% · 276

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.5% · 1,251

With mortgage28.1% · 992

Shared ownership0.4% · 13

Social rented28.3% · 998

Private rented7.7% · 273

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house16.5% · 582

Semi-detached house53.5% · 1,887

Terraced house24.0% · 845

Purpose-built flat4.9% · 174

Converted house0.5% · 18

Other conversion0.2% · 6

Above shop / office0.4% · 15

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016278
Council: South Tyneside Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 16 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.