Lamesley Ward Factsheet

Population • Lamesley has a total population of 8862 KEY • 48.1% are male and 51.9% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population increased by 587 or 6.6% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & High Spen Birtley Whickham North & Greenside Lamesley Felling Bridges Chowdene & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East & Saltwell High Fell & Whitehills Blaydon Lobley Hill & 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 463 265 191 498 114 213 210 444 FACTS Change 01-11 +34 +10 -16 +20 +27 +22 +48 +2 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 509 1702 1874 622 971 583 138 65 Change 01-11 +48 +4 +156 +80 +108 -10 +35 +23 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 20% 35245 1757

45-64 25% 27% 27% 53111 28% 2496

34% 20-44 32% 33% 30% 66629 2655

0-19 24% 23% 23% 22% 45229 1954

England North East Lamesley North East Gateshead Lamesley

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Ethnic Origin • 96.9% of people in Lamesley are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 1.2% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 1.9% 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%

0.2% 1.9% 0.3%

0.8%

0.9% 0.8% Mixed 0.6%

North East Gateshead Lamesley

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 700 +666.7% +601.8% 600

500 White British 400 White Excluding White British Mixed 300 Asian % Change 200 +125.5% +98.1% +87.5% Black 100 +5.3% Other 0 Lamesley

Households • Lamesley has 3984 households KEY • Average household size in the ward is 2.2 compared with the Gateshead average of 2.2 FACTS • In 2001 the average household size in the ward was 2.2 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 • 24% or 962 households in Lamesley are pensioner households KEY • The average proportion of pensioner households in Gateshead is 22% FACTS • 61% of pensioner households in the ward are single pensioners compared with 62% in Gateshead

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Other Households • 31% of households in Lamesley are married couple households KEY • 11% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 13% of households in the ward are lone parent households • 32% of households in the ward are single person households Change of Household Types Between 2001 and 2011

80 +71.8% 70 60 50 Married Couple 40 Cohabiting Couple

30 Lone Parent %Change 20 Single Person +9.2% 10 +1.8% 0

-10 -5.4% Lamesley

Households with Dependent Children • In Lamesley 27% or 1087 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by 112 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 5% or 207 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 12% of housing in Lamesley KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 43% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 34% of housing and Flats account for 10% Housing Tenure

5.8% 13.7% 12.5% Private Rented 16.8% 7.8% 8.1% 5.6% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% 27.9% Council

Owner 64.1% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied 57.3%

England North East Gateshead Lamesley

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 • 4233 or 65% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 2312 or 35% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3000 2385 2500 Part-time employee 2000 Full-time employee 1500 Self-employed

No. 967 1000 Unemployed 417 306 500 158 Full-time student 0 Lamesley

Economically Inactive People 1400 1217 1200 Retired 1000 Student 800 475 Looking after home/family No. 600 400 252 257 Permanently sick/disabled 111 200 Other 0 Lamesley

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 Lamesley Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Lamesley have increased by 110% between 2001 and 2011. This KEY compares with a 98% increase in Gateshead FACTS • People whose highest qualification level is 2+ A levels have increased by 159.1% compared with a 128.2% increase in Gateshead • The percentage of people who have no qualifications has reduced by -9.6% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

Other 6% 4% 4% 4% 17% 22% 21% Degree 27% 10% 13% 11% 2+ A Lvl 12% 16% 16% 16% 15% 5+ GCSE 15% 14% 14% 1+ GCSE 13%

28% 32% No Quals 22% 26%

England North East Gateshead Lamesley

Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Lamesley is 35%, which has reduced from KEY 42% in 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead, the percentage of households without a car or van is 37% Car (or van) Ownership

26% 22% 23% 2+ Cars 32%

42% 42% 42% 1 Car 42%

31% 37% 35% No Car 26%

England North East Gateshead Lamesley

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Health • 73% of people in Lamesley described their health as good or very good KEY • A further 10% of people described their health as poor or very poor FACTS • 14% of people in the ward said their day to day activities were limited a lot by their health, and 12% said they were limited a little. That compares with 11% and 11% respectively in Gateshead Self Assessment of Health

45 39% 40 34% 35 Very good 30 Good 25

% Fair 20 17% 15 Poor 10 7% Very Poor 5 2% 0 Lamesley

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 40 +33.2% 30 20 10 Very Good or Good 0 Fair

-10 Poor or Very Poor %Change -20 -30 -40 -29.0% -30.9% Lamesley

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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Lamesley Gateshead Population Total 8,862 - 200,214 - Males 4,259 48% 97,974 49% Females 4,603 52% 102,240 51% Density 4 - 14 -

Age 0-4 463 5% 11,869 6% 5-7 265 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 191 2% 3,987 2% 10-14 498 6% 10,880 5% 15 114 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 213 2% 4,778 2% 18-19 210 2% 4,953 2% 20-24 444 5% 12,104 6% 25-29 509 6% 14,059 7% 30-44 1,702 19% 40,466 20% 45-59 1,874 21% 40,515 20% 60-64 622 7% 12,596 6% 65-74 971 11% 18,608 9% 75-84 583 7% 12,412 6% 85-89 138 2% 2,897 1% 90+ 65 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 7,271 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,262 45% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 998 14% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 1,672 23% 41,422 26% Married 65 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,274 18% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 8,587 97% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 103 1.2% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 54 0.6% 1,558 0.8% Asian 75 0.8% 3,738 1.9% Black 23 0.3% 1,081 0.5% Other 20 0.2% 1,095 0.5%

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Lamesley Gateshead Religion Christian 6,219 70% 134,075 67% Buddhist 14 0.2% 423 0.2% Hindu 11 0.1% 497 0.2% Jewish 3 0% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 40 0.5% 2,096 1% Sikh 14 0.2% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 496 6% 12,005 6% No religion 2,065 23% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 2,266 26% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 1,089 12% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 6,450 73% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,543 17% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 869 10% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 1,117 13% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 6,545 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 967 15% 21,023 14% Full time employee 2,385 36% 58,988 40% Self employed 417 6% 8,806 6% Unemployed 306 5% 7,419 5% Full time student 158 2% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,217 19% 23,531 16% Student 252 4% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 257 4% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 475 7% 8,844 6% Other 111 2% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 105 1.6% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 47 0.7% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 49 0.7% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 130 2% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 3,984 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 207 5% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,446 36% 29,712 33%

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Lamesley Gateshead Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 3,892 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 363 9% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 464 12% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 391 10% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 528 14% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 468 12% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 361 9% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 441 11% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 393 10% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 483 12% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 7,331 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 1,082 15% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,166 16% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 763 10% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 1,229 17% 35,409 21% Other 302 4% 6,748 4% No qualifications 2,369 32% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 3,892 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 159 4% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 688 18% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 2,683 69% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 26 1% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 308 8% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 28 1% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 3,984 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,680 42% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 921 23% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 1,383 35% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 4,080 - 92,602 - Detached 494 12% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 1,737 43% 38,617 42% Terraced 1,391 34% 24,928 27% Flat 410 10% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 48 1% 66 0%

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Lamesley Gateshead Tenure All households 3,984 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 2,283 57% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 311 8% 4,956 6% Council 1,112 28% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 198 5% 10,130 11% Other 35 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 3,984 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 591 15% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 665 17% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 351 9% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,229 31% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 451 11% 9,741 11% Lone parent 507 13% 10,596 12% Other composition 190 5% 4,927 6%

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