Winlaton & High Spen Ward Factsheet

Population • Winlaton & High Spen has a total population of 8342 KEY • 48.5% are male and 51.5% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population increased by 17 or 0.2% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella Whickham South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & High Spen Birtley Whickham North Low Fell & Greenside Lamesley Felling Bridges Chowdene Pelaw & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East Chopwell & Saltwell High Fell Windy Nook & Whitehills Deckham 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 341 221 116 398 96 179 168 430 FACTS Change 01-11 +8 -7 -51 -107 +8 -3 -22 +87 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 398 1431 1808 647 1117 728 181 83 Change 01-11 +18 -282 +58 +71 +102 +124 +18 +9 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 35245 25% 2109

45-64 25% 27% 27% 53111 29% 2455

20-44 34% 32% 33% 66629 27% 2259

24% 0-19 23% 23% 18% 45229 1519

England North East Winlaton & High Spen England North East Gateshead Winlaton & High Spen

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Ethnic Origin • 97.9% of people in Winlaton & High Spen are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 1% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 1.1% 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% 0.2%

0.5% 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 450 +400.0% 400 350 300 White British 250 White Excluding White British +166.7% 200 Mixed 150 +105.1% Asian

% Change 100 Black 50 +8.5% +13.5% 0 Other -50 -0.5% Winlaton & High Spen

Households • Winlaton & High Spen has 3752 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 • 30% or 1115 households in Winlaton & High Spen are pensioner households KEY • The average proportion of pensioner households in Gateshead is 22% FACTS • 56% of pensioner households in the ward are single pensioners compared with 62% in Gateshead

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Other Households • 35% of households in Winlaton & High Spen are married couple households KEY • 8% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 8% 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

50 +38.9% 40

30

Married Couple 20 +10.8% +11.2% Cohabiting Couple

10 Lone Parent %Change Single Person 0

-10 -10.3% -20 Winlaton & High Spen

Households with Dependent Children • In Winlaton & High Spen 23% or 857 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by -54 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 3% or 106 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 15% of housing in Winlaton & High Spen KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 53% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 25% of housing and Flats account for 7% Housing Tenure

7.3% 13.7% 12.5% Private Rented 16.8% 2.2% 8.1% 5.6% 15.0% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% Council

74.5% Owner 64.1% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied

England North East Gateshead Winlaton & High Spen

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 • 4085 or 66% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 2093 or 34% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3000 2387 2500 Part-time employee 2000 Full-time employee 1500 Self-employed No. 856 1000 440 Unemployed 249 500 153 Full-time student 0 Winlaton & High Spen

Economically Inactive People 1500 1348 Retired 1000 Student

Looking after home/family No. 500 290 Permanently sick/disabled 204 169 82 Other 0 Winlaton & High Spen

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 Winlaton & High Spen Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Winlaton & High Spen have increased by 85% between 2001 and 2011. KEY This 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 -8.4% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

Other 6% 4% 4% 4%

22% 21% 20% Degree 27%

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

28% 28% No Quals 22% 26%

England North East Gateshead Winlaton & High Spen

Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Winlaton & High Spen is 27%, which has KEY reduced from 32% 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% 43%

31% 37% No Car 26% 27%

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Health • 74% of people in Winlaton & High Spen 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 39% 40 36% 35 Very good 30 Good 25

% Fair 20 17% 15 Poor 10 6% Very Poor 5 2% 0 Winlaton & High Spen

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 30 +21.5% 20 10 0 Very Good or Good -10 Fair

-20 Poor or Very Poor %Change -30 -40 -31.1% -38.3% -50 Winlaton & High Spen

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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Winlaton & High Gateshead Spen Population Total 8,342 - 200,214 - Males 4,045 48% 97,974 49% Females 4,297 52% 102,240 51% Density 7 - 14 -

Age 0-4 341 4% 11,869 6% 5-7 221 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 116 1% 3,987 2% 10-14 398 5% 10,880 5% 15 96 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 179 2% 4,778 2% 18-19 168 2% 4,953 2% 20-24 430 5% 12,104 6% 25-29 398 5% 14,059 7% 30-44 1,431 17% 40,466 20% 45-59 1,808 22% 40,515 20% 60-64 647 8% 12,596 6% 65-74 1,117 13% 18,608 9% 75-84 728 9% 12,412 6% 85-89 181 2% 2,897 1% 90+ 83 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 7,061 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,702 52% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 686 10% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 1,437 20% 41,422 26% Married 63 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,173 17% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 8,168 98% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 80 1% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 32 0.4% 1,558 0.8% Asian 39 0.5% 3,738 1.9% Black 15 0.2% 1,081 0.5% Other 8 0.1% 1,095 0.5%

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Winlaton & High Gateshead Spen Religion Christian 6,148 74% 134,075 67% Buddhist 15 0.2% 423 0.2% Hindu 0 0% 497 0.2% Jewish 2 0% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 21 0.3% 2,096 1% Sikh 1 0% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 564 7% 12,005 6% No religion 1,591 19% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 2,000 24% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 797 10% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 6,207 74% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,442 17% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 693 8% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 1,017 12% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 6,178 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 856 14% 21,023 14% Full time employee 2,387 39% 58,988 40% Self employed 440 7% 8,806 6% Unemployed 249 4% 7,419 5% Full time student 153 2% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,348 22% 23,531 16% Student 204 3% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 169 3% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 290 5% 8,844 6% Other 82 1% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 56 0.9% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 63 1% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 27 0.4% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 90 1.5% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 3,752 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 106 3% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,449 39% 29,712 33%

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Winlaton & High Gateshead Spen Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 3,802 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 347 9% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 500 13% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 414 11% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 475 12% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 534 14% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 373 10% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 448 12% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 340 9% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 371 10% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 7,170 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 1,029 14% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,081 15% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 863 12% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 1,417 20% 35,409 21% Other 298 4% 6,748 4% No qualifications 2,013 28% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 3,802 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 144 4% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 530 14% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 2,858 75% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 15 0% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 237 6% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 18 0% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 3,752 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,602 43% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 1,123 30% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 1,027 27% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 3,853 - 92,602 - Detached 576 15% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 2,055 53% 38,617 42% Terraced 944 25% 24,928 27% Flat 277 7% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 1 0% 66 0%

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Winlaton & High Gateshead Spen Tenure All households 3,752 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 2,797 75% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 83 2% 4,956 6% Council 562 15% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 244 7% 10,130 11% Other 30 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 3,752 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 622 17% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 571 15% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 483 13% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,323 35% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 302 8% 9,741 11% Lone parent 296 8% 10,596 12% Other composition 155 4% 4,927 6%

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