Low Fell Ward Factsheet

Population • Low Fell has a total population of 8636 KEY • 48.8% are male and 51.2% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population declined by -84 or -1% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Whickham South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & High Spen Birtley Whickham North Low Fell Crawcrook & Greenside Lamesley Felling Bridges Chowdene Pelaw & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East Chopwell & Rowlands Gill Saltwell High Fell Windy Nook & Whitehills Deckham Blaydon Lobley Hill & Bensham 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 458 250 179 430 93 182 145 383 FACTS Change 01-11 -3 -32 -7 -96 +14 -3 -5 +16 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 478 1829 1920 600 855 583 165 86 Change 01-11 -23 -376 +218 +146 +25 +19 +24 +0 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 20% 35245 1689

45-64 25% 27% 27% 53111 29% 2520

20-44 34% 32% 33% 66629 31% 2690

0-19 24% 23% 23% 20% 45229 1737

England North East Gateshead Low Fell England North East Gateshead Low Fell

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Ethnic Origin • 96.1% of people in Low Fell are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 1.5% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 2.3% 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% 0.1% 0.2%

1.9%

1.3%

Mixed 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%

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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

250 +216.5% 200 White British 150 +98.1% +100.0% White Excluding White British 100 Mixed 50 +30.8% Asian % Change +18.2% Black 0 Other -2.5% -50 Low Fell

Households • Low Fell has 3836 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 2.2 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 • 25% or 949 households in Low Fell 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 • 38% of households in Low Fell are married couple households KEY • 10% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 7% 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 +29.9% 30 25 20 15 Married Couple 10 Cohabiting Couple

5 Lone Parent %Change 0 Single Person -5 -5.2% -10 -5.3% -8.7% -15 Low Fell

Households with Dependent Children • In Low Fell 26% or 990 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by -38 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 1% or 41 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 7% of housing in Low Fell KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 42% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 27% of housing and Flats account for 24% Housing Tenure

11.4% Private Rented 16.8% 13.7% 12.5% 2.0% 8.1% 5.6% 4.4% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% Council

81.4% Owner 64.1% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied

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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 • 4691 or 73% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 1701 or 27% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3500 2978 3000 Part-time employee 2500 Full-time employee 2000 Self-employed No. 1500 887 1000 512 Unemployed 500 143 171 Full-time student 0 Low Fell

Economically Inactive People 1200 1093 1000 Retired 800 Student

600 Looking after home/family No. 400 239 Permanently sick/disabled 133 152 200 84 Other 0 Low Fell

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 Low Fell Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Low Fell have increased by 52% between 2001 and 2011. This compares KEY with a 98% increase in Gateshead FACTS • People whose highest qualification level is 2+ A levels have increased by 87.7% compared with a 128.2% increase in Gateshead • The percentage of people who have no qualifications has reduced by -11.9% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

3% Other 6% 4% 4%

22% 21% Degree 27% 37%

13% 11% 2+ A Lvl 12% 16% 16% 12% 5+ GCSE 15% 14% 14% 14% 1+ GCSE 13% 10%

No Quals 26% 28% 22% 18%

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Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Low Fell is 23%, which has reduced from KEY 28% in 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead, the percentage of households without a car or van is 37% Car (or van) Ownership

26% 22% 2+ Cars 32% 30%

42% 42% 1 Car 42% 47%

37% No Car 31% 26% 23%

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Health • 82% of people in Low Fell 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 60 50% 50 Very good 40 33% Good

% 30 Fair Poor 20 13% Very Poor 10 4% 1% 0 Low Fell

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 30 +18.3% 20 10 0 Very Good or Good -10 Fair

-20 Poor or Very Poor %Change -30 -40 -50 -43.1% -44.6% Low Fell

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

Low Fell Gateshead Population Total 8,636 - 200,214 - Males 4,215 49% 97,974 49% Females 4,421 51% 102,240 51% Density 49 - 14 -

Age 0-4 458 5% 11,869 6% 5-7 250 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 179 2% 3,987 2% 10-14 430 5% 10,880 5% 15 93 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 182 2% 4,778 2% 18-19 145 2% 4,953 2% 20-24 383 4% 12,104 6% 25-29 478 6% 14,059 7% 30-44 1,829 21% 40,466 20% 45-59 1,920 22% 40,515 20% 60-64 600 7% 12,596 6% 65-74 855 10% 18,608 9% 75-84 583 7% 12,412 6% 85-89 165 2% 2,897 1% 90+ 86 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 7,132 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,698 52% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 855 12% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 1,480 21% 41,422 26% Married 76 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,023 14% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 8,303 96% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 131 1.5% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 63 0.7% 1,558 0.8% Asian 116 1.3% 3,738 1.9% Black 17 0.2% 1,081 0.5% Other 6 0.1% 1,095 0.5%

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Low Fell Gateshead Religion Christian 6,072 70% 134,075 67% Buddhist 27 0.3% 423 0.2% Hindu 17 0.2% 497 0.2% Jewish 12 0.1% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 49 0.6% 2,096 1% Sikh 18 0.2% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 498 6% 12,005 6% No religion 1,943 22% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 1,579 18% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 602 7% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 7,102 82% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,084 13% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 450 5% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 977 11% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 6,392 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 887 14% 21,023 14% Full time employee 2,978 47% 58,988 40% Self employed 512 8% 8,806 6% Unemployed 143 2% 7,419 5% Full time student 171 3% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,093 17% 23,531 16% Student 239 4% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 133 2% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 152 2% 8,844 6% Other 84 1% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 35 0.5% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 34 0.5% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 17 0.3% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 53 0.8% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 3,836 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 41 1% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,205 31% 29,712 33%

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Low Fell Gateshead Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 4,520 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 501 11% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 1,193 26% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 663 15% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 601 13% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 419 9% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 306 7% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 374 8% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 194 4% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 269 6% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 7,226 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 751 10% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,027 14% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 835 12% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 2,693 37% 35,409 21% Other 205 3% 6,748 4% No qualifications 1,320 18% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 4,520 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 183 4% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 701 16% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 3,118 69% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 27 1% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 465 10% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 26 1% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 3,836 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,816 47% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 1,139 30% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 881 23% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 3,950 - 92,602 - Detached 285 7% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 1,654 42% 38,617 42% Terraced 1,052 27% 24,928 27% Flat 959 24% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 0 0% 66 0%

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Low Fell Gateshead Tenure All households 3,836 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 3,122 81% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 75 2% 4,956 6% Council 170 4% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 390 10% 10,130 11% Other 49 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 3,836 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 577 15% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 635 17% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 359 9% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,448 38% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 395 10% 9,741 11% Lone parent 252 7% 10,596 12% Other composition 170 4% 4,927 6%

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