South & Sunniside Ward Factsheet

Population • Whickham South & Sunniside has a total population of 8313 KEY • 48.6% are male and 51.4% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population declined by -264 or -3.2% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Whickham South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & Birtley Whickham North & Greenside Felling Bridges Chowdene & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East & Saltwell High Fell & Whitehills & 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000

Age 0-4 5-7 8-9 10-14 15 16-17 18-19 20-24 KEY Residents 407 270 158 409 106 165 162 345 FACTS Change 01-11 +34 +40 -41 -92 -7 -84 -39 -107 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 435 1529 1751 865 1037 521 106 47 Change 01-11 -13 -231 -507 +363 +265 +121 +23 +20 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 21% 35245 1711

45-64 25% 27% 27% 53111 31% 2616

20-44 34% 32% 33% 66629 28% 2309

0-19 24% 23% 23% 20% 45229 1677

England North East Whickham South & North East Gateshead Whickham South & Sunniside Sunniside 2 Whickham South & Sunniside Ward Factsheet

Ethnic Origin • 97.4% of people in Whickham South & Sunniside are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 1% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 1.6% of people in the ward are in a BME group Individual BME Groups EnglandEngland 0.4% Other Other 1.0% Black 3.5% 0.5% Black Asian 7.8% Mixed 2.3% 0.5%

0.5%

Asian 2.9%

1.9% 0.1% 0.0%

0.9%

Mixed 0.9% 0.8% 0.5%

North East Gateshead Whickham South & Sunniside

Combined BME Groups

Winlaton & High Spen Crawcrook & Greenside Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Whickham South & Sunniside Lamesley Windy Nook & Whitehills Blaydon Chowdene Dunston Hill & Whickham East Low Fell Birtley Wardley & Leam Lane Whickham North Pelaw & Heworth High Fell Gateshead Felling North East Deckham Lobley Hill & Bensham Dunston & Teams Saltwell Bridges England 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16%

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Ethnic Origin (continued…) Change in Ethnic Groups Between 2001 and 2011 1000 +900.0% 900 800 700 White British 600 White Excluding White British 500 400 Mixed 300 Asian % Change 200 +85.2% +56.0% Black 100 +31.6% +0.0% 0 Other -100 -4.0% Whickham South & Sunniside

Households • Whickham South & Sunniside has 3652 households KEY • Average household size in the ward is 2.3 compared with the Gateshead average of 2.2 FACTS • In 2001 the average household size in the ward was 2.4 Average Household Size

Bridges Dunston & Teams Felling Chowdene Whickham North Winlaton & High Spen Lamesley Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Windy Nook & Whitehills Pelaw & Heworth Deckham Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham Low Fell Whickham South & Sunniside Crawcrook & Greenside Ryton, Crookhill & Stella North East Wardley & Leam Lane Saltwell High Fell Birtley Blaydon Dunston Hill & Whickham East England 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6

Pensioner Households • 25% or 922 households in Whickham South & Sunniside are pensioner households KEY • The average proportion of pensioner households in Gateshead is 22% FACTS • 52% of pensioner households in the ward are single pensioners compared with 62% in Gateshead

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Other Households • 41% of households in Whickham South & Sunniside are married couple households KEY • 8% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 9% of households in the ward are lone parent households • 27% of households in the ward are single person households Change of Household Types Between 2001 and 2011

40 +35.5%

30

20 +11.9% Married Couple 10 +7.1% Cohabiting Couple

Lone Parent %Change 0 Single Person

-10

-20 -14.5% Whickham South & Sunniside

Households with Dependent Children • In Whickham South & Sunniside 26% or 940 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by -124 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 2% or 68 households have dependent children but no adults in employment Households with Dependent Children

Bridges Winlaton & High Spen Chowdene Lobley Hill & Bensham Whickham South & Sunniside Low Fell Felling Dunston & Teams Saltwell Gateshead Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Whickham North Crawcrook & Greenside Lamesley North East Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Windy Nook & Whitehills Pelaw & Heworth Dunston Hill & Whickham East Birtley England Wardley & Leam Lane Deckham Blaydon High Fell 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

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Housing Tenure and Type • Detached properties account for 29% of housing in Whickham South & Sunniside KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 42% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 19% of housing and Flats account for 11% Housing Tenure

6.7% 12.5% Private Rented 16.8% 13.7% 1.6% 6.7% 8.1% 5.6% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% Council

84.1% Owner 64.1% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied

England North East Gateshead Whickham South & Sunniside

Economic Activity • Economically active people are those aged 16-74 who were working in the week before the KEY Census, or were not working but were looking for work and available to start within 2 weeks FACTS • 4280 or 68% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 2009 or 32% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3000 2524 2500 Part-time employee 2000 Full-time employee 1500 Self-employed

No. 933 1000 476 Unemployed 500 189 158 Full-time student 0 Whickham South & Sunniside

Economically Inactive People 2000 1440 Retired 1500 Student

1000 Looking after home/family No. Permanently sick/disabled 500 200 178 130 61 Other 0 Whickham South & Sunniside

N.B. An economically active full time student is a full time student who is in employment or seeking employment and available to start work. Economically active part time students would fall in the employed or unemployed categories. An economically inactive student is a student who is not in employment, not seeking employment or is seeking employment but is unavailable to start work. 6 Whickham South & Sunniside Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Whickham South & Sunniside have increased by 54% between 2001 and KEY 2011. This compares with a 98% increase in Gateshead FACTS • People whose highest qualification level is 2+ A levels have increased by 75.3% compared with a 128.2% increase in Gateshead • The percentage of people who have no qualifications has reduced by -19.4% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

Other 6% 4% 4% 4%

22% 21% Degree 27% 30%

13% 11% 2+ A Lvl 12% 13% 16% 16% 5+ GCSE 15% 16% 14% 14% 1+ GCSE 13% 13%

26% 28% No Quals 22% 19%

England North East Gateshead Whickham South & Sunniside

Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Whickham South & Sunniside is 18%, KEY which has reduced from 20% in 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead, the percentage of households without a car or van is 37% Car (or van) Ownership

26% 22% 32% 2+ Cars 38%

42% 42% 1 Car 42% 44%

31% 37% No Car 26% 18%

England North East Gateshead Whickham South & Sunniside

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Health • 81% of people in Whickham South & Sunniside described their health as good or very good KEY • A further 5% of people described their health as poor or very poor FACTS • 8% of people in the ward said their day to day activities were limited a lot by their health, and 10% said they were limited a little. That compares with 11% and 11% respectively in Gateshead Self Assessment of Health 50 45%

36% 40 Very good 30 Good

% Fair 20 14% Poor Very Poor 10 4% 1% 0 Whickham South & Sunniside

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 20 +13.8% 10 0 -10 Very Good or Good -20 Fair

-30 Poor or Very Poor %Change -40 -37.9% -50 -48.0% -60 Whickham South & Sunniside

People whose day to day activities are limited

Saltwell England Whickham South & Sunniside Bridges Low Fell Dunston Hill & Whickham East Crawcrook & Greenside Blaydon Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Dunston & Teams North East

Whickham North Limited a lot Gateshead Wardley & Leam Lane Limited a little Pelaw & Heworth Lobley Hill & Bensham Birtley Deckham Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Winlaton & High Spen Windy Nook & Whitehills Chowdene Lamesley High Fell Felling 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

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Data Tables

Whickham South & Gateshead Sunniside Population Total 8,313 - 200,214 - Males 4,038 49% 97,974 49% Females 4,275 51% 102,240 51% Density 6 - 14 -

Age 0-4 407 5% 11,869 6% 5-7 270 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 158 2% 3,987 2% 10-14 409 5% 10,880 5% 15 106 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 165 2% 4,778 2% 18-19 162 2% 4,953 2% 20-24 345 4% 12,104 6% 25-29 435 5% 14,059 7% 30-44 1,529 18% 40,466 20% 45-59 1,751 21% 40,515 20% 60-64 865 10% 12,596 6% 65-74 1,037 12% 18,608 9% 75-84 521 6% 12,412 6% 85-89 106 1% 2,897 1% 90+ 47 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 6,958 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,942 57% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 663 10% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 1,289 19% 41,422 26% Married 52 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,012 15% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 8,094 97% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 87 1% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 45 0.5% 1,558 0.8% Asian 71 0.9% 3,738 1.9% Black 4 0% 1,081 0.5% Other 12 0.1% 1,095 0.5%

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Whickham South & Gateshead Sunniside Religion Christian 6,171 74% 134,075 67% Buddhist 13 0.2% 423 0.2% Hindu 14 0.2% 497 0.2% Jewish 12 0.1% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 18 0.2% 2,096 1% Sikh 9 0.1% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 461 6% 12,005 6% No religion 1,615 19% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 1,479 18% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 678 8% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 6,745 81% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,167 14% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 401 5% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 1,025 12% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 6,289 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 933 15% 21,023 14% Full time employee 2,524 40% 58,988 40% Self employed 476 8% 8,806 6% Unemployed 189 3% 7,419 5% Full time student 158 3% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,440 23% 23,531 16% Student 200 3% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 130 2% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 178 3% 8,844 6% Other 61 1% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 57 0.9% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 44 0.7% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 17 0.3% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 68 1.1% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 3,652 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 68 2% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,252 34% 29,712 33%

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Whickham South & Gateshead Sunniside Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 4,058 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 450 11% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 758 19% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 596 15% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 614 15% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 390 10% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 328 8% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 424 10% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 226 6% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 272 7% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 6,963 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 883 13% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,135 16% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 875 13% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 2,059 30% 35,409 21% Other 246 4% 6,748 4% No qualifications 1,340 19% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 4,058 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 185 5% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 524 13% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 3,111 77% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 18 0% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 185 5% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 35 1% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 3,652 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,623 44% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 1,379 38% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 650 18% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 3,713 - 92,602 - Detached 1,060 29% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 1,563 42% 38,617 42% Terraced 690 19% 24,928 27% Flat 398 11% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 2 0% 66 0%

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Whickham South & Gateshead Sunniside Tenure All households 3,652 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 3,073 84% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 58 2% 4,956 6% Council 245 7% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 222 6% 10,130 11% Other 24 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 3,652 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 481 13% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 491 13% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 436 12% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,504 41% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 303 8% 9,741 11% Lone parent 325 9% 10,596 12% Other composition 112 3% 4,927 6%

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