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Population • Chopwell & Rowlands Gill has a total population of 9395 KEY • 48.2% are male and 51.8% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population increased by 197 or 2.1% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & Birtley Whickham North & Greenside Felling Bridges Chowdene & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Saltwell High Fell & Whitehills 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 547 300 166 564 125 240 216 465 FACTS Change 01-11 +6 -40 -85 -55 +4 +55 +21 +39 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 444 1725 2053 653 1020 678 145 54 Change 01-11 -2 -309 +243 +181 +16 +51 +44 +24 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 20% 35245 1897

45-64 25% 27% 27% 53111 29% 2706

34% 20-44 32% 33% 28% 66629 2634

0-19 24% 23% 23% 23% 45229 2158

England North East Chopwell & Rowlands Gill North East Gateshead Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

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Ethnic Origin • 97.7% of people in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 0.9% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 1.4% 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%

0.2% 0.1%

0.6%

Mixed 0.9% 0.8% 0.4%

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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 400 +375.0% 350 300 White British 250 200 White Excluding White British 150 Mixed

100 Asian % Change Black 50 +1.9% +15.1% +0.0% 0 Other -50 -9.7% -14.4% Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Households • Chopwell & Rowlands Gill has 4209 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 2.3 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 • 26% or 1089 households in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill are pensioner households KEY • The average proportion of pensioner households in Gateshead is 22% FACTS • 60% of pensioner households in the ward are single pensioners compared with 62% in Gateshead

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Other Households • 33% of households in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill are married couple households KEY • 10% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 12% 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

35 +32.2% 30 25 20 +13.7% Married Couple 15 Cohabiting Couple 10

+4.9% Lone Parent %Change 5 Single Person 0 -5

-10 -7.9% Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Households with Dependent Children • In Chopwell & Rowlands Gill 27% or 1141 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by -35 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 5% or 204 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 19% of housing in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 34% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 45% of housing and Flats account for 3% Housing Tenure

Private Rented 16.8% 13.7% 12.5% 12.3% 8.1% 5.6% 2.0% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 20.3% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% Council

Owner 64.1% 64.6% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied

England North East Gateshead Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

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 • 4459 or 65% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 2357 or 35% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3000 2450 2500 Part-time employee 2000 Full-time employee 1500 Self-employed

No. 977 1000 Unemployed 501 334 500 197 Full-time student 0 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Economically Inactive People 1400 1277 1200 Retired 1000 Student 800 Looking after home/family

No. 600 427 400 249 283 Permanently sick/disabled 121 200 Other 0 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

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 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill have increased by 61.8% 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 137.9% compared with a 128.2% increase in Gateshead • The percentage of people who have no qualifications has reduced by -13.8% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

Other 6% 4% 4% 4%

22% 21% 24% Degree 27%

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

28% No Quals 22% 26% 27%

England North East Gateshead Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill is 30%, which KEY has reduced from 36% in 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead, the percentage of households without a car or van is 37% Car (or van) Ownership

26% 22% 27% 2+ Cars 32%

42% 42% 43% 1 Car 42%

31% 37% No Car 26% 30%

England North East Gateshead Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

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Health • 75% of people in Chopwell & Rowlands Gill described their health as good or very good KEY • A further 8% of people described their health as poor or very poor FACTS • 12% 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 41% 40 34% 35 Very good 30 Good 25

% Fair 20 17% 15 Poor 10 6% Very Poor 5 2% 0 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 30 +23.7% 20 10 Very Good or Good 0 Fair -10 Poor or Very Poor %Change -20 -30 -30.5% -40 -36.1% Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

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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Chopwell & Gateshead Rowlands Gill Population Total 9,395 - 200,214 - Males 4,530 48% 97,974 49% Females 4,865 52% 102,240 51% Density 5 - 14 -

Age 0-4 547 6% 11,869 6% 5-7 300 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 166 2% 3,987 2% 10-14 564 6% 10,880 5% 15 125 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 240 3% 4,778 2% 18-19 216 2% 4,953 2% 20-24 465 5% 12,104 6% 25-29 444 5% 14,059 7% 30-44 1,725 18% 40,466 20% 45-59 2,053 22% 40,515 20% 60-64 653 7% 12,596 6% 65-74 1,020 11% 18,608 9% 75-84 678 7% 12,412 6% 85-89 145 2% 2,897 1% 90+ 54 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 7,690 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,714 48% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 906 12% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 1,695 22% 41,422 26% Married 72 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,303 17% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 9,175 98% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 88 0.9% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 39 0.4% 1,558 0.8% Asian 61 0.6% 3,738 1.9% Black 13 0.1% 1,081 0.5% Other 19 0.2% 1,095 0.5%

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Chopwell & Gateshead Rowlands Gill Religion Christian 6,223 66% 134,075 67% Buddhist 23 0.2% 423 0.2% Hindu 1 0% 497 0.2% Jewish 11 0.1% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 20 0.2% 2,096 1% Sikh 26 0.3% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 608 6% 12,005 6% No religion 2,483 26% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 2,243 24% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 1,044 11% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 7,011 75% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,608 17% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 776 8% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 1,240 13% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 6,816 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 977 14% 21,023 14% Full time employee 2,450 36% 58,988 40% Self employed 501 7% 8,806 6% Unemployed 334 5% 7,419 5% Full time student 197 3% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,277 19% 23,531 16% Student 249 4% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 283 4% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 427 6% 8,844 6% Other 121 2% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 97 1.4% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 62 0.9% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 61 0.9% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 136 2% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 4,209 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 204 5% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,549 37% 29,712 33%

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Chopwell & Gateshead Rowlands Gill Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 4,076 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 358 9% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 689 17% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 459 11% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 441 11% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 489 12% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 455 11% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 447 11% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 299 7% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 439 11% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 7,693 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 1,130 15% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,228 16% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 815 11% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 1,834 24% 35,409 21% Other 292 4% 6,748 4% No qualifications 2,058 27% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 4,076 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 203 5% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 591 14% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 2,932 72% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 17 0% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 307 8% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 26 1% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 4,209 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,801 43% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 1,135 27% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 1,273 30% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 4,445 - 92,602 - Detached 824 19% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 1,498 34% 38,617 42% Terraced 1,986 45% 24,928 27% Flat 136 3% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 1 0% 66 0%

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Chopwell & Gateshead Rowlands Gill Tenure All households 4,209 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 2,719 65% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 84 2% 4,956 6% Council 853 20% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 477 11% 10,130 11% Other 40 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 4,209 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 648 15% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 683 16% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 435 10% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,389 33% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 417 10% 9,741 11% Lone parent 486 12% 10,596 12% Other composition 151 4% 4,927 6%

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