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Population • Lobley Hill & Bensham has a total population of 10638 KEY • 51% are male and 49% are female FACTS • Between 2001 and 2011 the population increased by 1062 or 10% Total Population

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella South & Sunniside Wardley & Leam Lane Winlaton & High Spen Birtley Whickham North & Greenside Felling Bridges Chowdene & Heworth Dunston & Teams Dunston Hill & Whickham East & Saltwell High Fell & Whitehills 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 649 311 166 529 124 237 422 772 FACTS Change 01-11 +52 -29 -61 -120 -1 +2 +208 +267 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85-89 90+ Residents 848 2242 2068 614 873 539 156 88 Change 01-11 +168 -78 +456 +102 +39 -26 +43 +37 Age Structure

65+ 16% 17% 18% 16% 35245 1656

45-64 25% 25% 27% 27% 2682 53111

20-44 34% 32% 33% 36% 66629 3862

0-19 24% 23% 23% 23% 45229 2438

England North East Lobley Hill & Bensham North East Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham

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Ethnic Origin • 89.4% of people in Lobley Hill & Bensham are in the White British ethnic group KEY • 4.5% of people in the ward are White excluding White British FACTS • 6.1% of people in the ward are in a BME group Individual BME Groups EnglandEngland Other 1.0% 1.0% Black 3.5% Asian 7.8% Mixed 2.3% 0.7% Other 0.4%

Black 0.5%

0.5%

0.5% 3.4% Asian 2.9%

1.9%

Mixed 1.0% 0.9% 0.8%

North East Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham

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 +401.7% 400 350 White British 300 +268.2% 250 White Excluding White British 200 +167.1% Mixed +147.1%

150 +116.4% Asian % Change 100 Black 50 +4.3% Other 0 Lobley Hill & Bensham

Households • Lobley Hill & Bensham has 4726 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 2.3 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 • 20% or 922 households in Lobley Hill & Bensham are pensioner households KEY • The average proportion of pensioner households in Gateshead is 22% FACTS • 71% of pensioner households in the ward are single pensioners compared with 62% in Gateshead

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Other Households • 28% of households in Lobley Hill & Bensham are married couple households KEY • 12% of households in the ward are cohabiting couple households FACTS • 12% of households in the ward are lone parent households • 37% of households in the ward are single person households Change of Household Types Between 2001 and 2011

70

60 +57.8%

50

Married Couple 40 Cohabiting Couple

30 Lone Parent %Change Single Person 20 +11.3% +8.7% 10 +1.4% 0 Lobley Hill & Bensham

Households with Dependent Children • In Lobley Hill & Bensham 26% or 1215 households have dependent children KEY • The number of households with dependent children in the ward has increased by 15 since 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead 27% of households have dependent children • Within the ward 5% or 249 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 8% of housing in Lobley Hill & Bensham KEY • Semi-Detached properties account for 39% of housing FACTS • Terraced properties account for 22% of housing and Flats account for 31% Housing Tenure

12.5% Private Rented 16.8% 13.7% 18.8% 8.1% 5.6% Housing Assoc. 8.3% 7.9% 9.4% 14.8% 22.4% Council 22.3%

Owner 64.1% 62.2% 58.6% Occupied 50.0%

England North East Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham

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 • 5343 or 66% of people in the ward are economically active, compared with 68% in Gateshead • 2733 or 34% of people in the ward are economically inactive, compared with 32% in Gateshead Economically Active People 3500 3097 3000 Part-time employee 2500 Full-time employee 2000 Self-employed

No. 1500 1126 Unemployed 1000 433 458 500 229 Full-time student 0 Lobley Hill & Bensham

Economically Inactive People 1200 1056 1000 Retired 800 Student 623 557 600 Looking after home/family No. 292 400 205 Permanently sick/disabled 200 Other 0 Lobley Hill & Bensham

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 Lobley Hill & Bensham Ward Factsheet

Qualifications • People with a degree in Lobley Hill & Bensham have increased by 128.3% 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 172% compared with a 128.2% increase in Gateshead • The percentage of people who have no qualifications has reduced by -6.2% compared with a - 13.8% reduction in Gateshead Highest Level of Qualification Achieved

Other 6% 4% 4% 6%

22% 21% 17% Degree 27%

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

28% 32% No Quals 22% 26%

England North East Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham

Car (or van) Ownership • The percentage of households without a car or van in Lobley Hill & Bensham is 44%, which has KEY reduced from 50% in 2001 FACTS • In Gateshead, the percentage of households without a car or van is 37% Car (or van) Ownership

16% 26% 22% 2+ Cars 32%

40% 42% 42% 1 Car 42%

44% 31% 37% No Car 26%

England North East Gateshead Lobley Hill & Bensham

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Health • 75% of people in Lobley Hill & Bensham described their health as good or very good KEY • A further 9% 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 10% said they were limited a little. That compares with 11% and 11% respectively in Gateshead Self Assessment of Health 45 40% 40 35% 35 Very good 30 Good 25

% Fair 20 16% 15 Poor 10 7% Very Poor 5 2% 0 Lobley Hill & Bensham

Change in Health Between 2001 and 2011 40 +35.2% 30 20 10 Very Good or Good 0 Fair

-10 Poor or Very Poor %Change -20 -30 -25.8% -40 -31.0% Lobley Hill & Bensham

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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Lobley Hill & Gateshead Bensham Population Total 10,638 - 200,214 - Males 5,422 51% 97,974 49% Females 5,216 49% 102,240 51% Density 23 - 14 -

Age 0-4 649 6% 11,869 6% 5-7 311 3% 6,323 3% 8-9 166 2% 3,987 2% 10-14 529 5% 10,880 5% 15 124 1% 2,439 1% 16-17 237 2% 4,778 2% 18-19 422 4% 4,953 2% 20-24 772 7% 12,104 6% 25-29 848 8% 14,059 7% 30-44 2,242 21% 40,466 20% 45-59 2,068 19% 40,515 20% 60-64 614 6% 12,596 6% 65-74 873 8% 18,608 9% 75-84 539 5% 12,412 6% 85-89 156 1% 2,897 1% 90+ 88 1% 1,328 1%

Living Arrangements of people aged 16+ People aged 16+ 8,411 - 162,253 - Living in a couple: Married 3,226 38% 71,136 44% Cohabiting 1,270 15% 21,540 13% Not living in a couple: Single 2,431 29% 41,422 26% Married 92 1% 1,581 1% Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1,392 17% 26,574 16%

Ethnicity White British 9,511 89% 188,355 94% White excluding White British 482 4.5% 4,387 2.2% Mixed 108 1% 1,558 0.8% Asian 359 3.4% 3,738 1.9% Black 76 0.7% 1,081 0.5% Other 102 1% 1,095 0.5%

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Lobley Hill & Gateshead Bensham Religion Christian 6,498 61% 134,075 67% Buddhist 30 0.3% 423 0.2% Hindu 63 0.6% 497 0.2% Jewish 548 5.2% 3,004 1.5% Muslim 173 1.6% 2,096 1% Sikh 21 0.2% 356 0.2% Other religion/Religion not stated 659 6% 12,005 6% No religion 2,646 25% 47,758 24%

Health and Care All people whose daily activities are limited 2,412 23% 44,352 22% Aged 16-64 whose daily activities are limited 1,239 12% 21,500 11% Good or very good health 7,983 75% 153,127 76% Fair health 1,717 16% 31,158 16% Poor or very poor health 938 9% 15,929 8% All people providing unpaid care 989 9% 22,220 11%

Economic Activity All people aged 16-74 8,076 - 148,079 - Economically active: Part time employee 1,126 14% 21,023 14% Full time employee 3,097 38% 58,988 40% Self employed 433 5% 8,806 6% Unemployed 458 6% 7,419 5% Full time student 229 3% 3,948 3% Economically inactive: Retired 1,056 13% 23,531 16% Student 623 8% 6,832 5% Looking after home/family 292 4% 5,670 4% Sick/disabled 557 7% 8,844 6% Other 205 3% 3,018 2% Unemployed: Aged 16-24 139 1.7% 2,157 1.5% Aged 50+ 72 0.9% 1,254 0.8% Have never worked 86 1.1% 1,235 0.8% Long term unemployed 188 2.3% 2,916 2%

Households with Adults not in Employment All households 4,726 - 89,154 - No adults employed and dependent children 249 5% 4,337 5% No adults employed no dependent children 1,548 33% 29,712 33%

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Lobley Hill & Gateshead Bensham Occupation All people aged 16-74 in employment 4,828 - 91,877 - Managers, directors and senior officials 370 8% 7,720 8% Professional occupations 614 13% 13,979 15% Associate professional and technical occups. 491 10% 10,437 11% Administrative and secretarial occupations 578 12% 11,925 13% Skilled trades occupations 553 11% 10,484 11% Caring, leisure and other service occupations 496 10% 8,667 9% Sales and customer service occupations 578 12% 10,206 11% Process, plant and machine operatives 442 9% 7,586 8% Elementary occupations 706 15% 10,873 12%

Qualifications All people aged 16-74 8,859 - 164,716 - Highest qualification achieved: 1+ GCSE or equivalent 1,219 14% 23,592 14% 5+ GCSEs or equivalent 1,349 15% 25,601 16% 2+ A Levels or equivalent 1,010 11% 18,611 11% Degree or higher 1,542 17% 35,409 21% Other 525 6% 6,748 4% No qualifications 2,838 32% 46,192 28%

Travel to Work People aged 16-74 in employment 4,828 - 91,877 - Work mainly from home 126 3% 2,868 3% Travel to work on public transport 1,114 23% 19,162 21% Travel to work in a car or motorcycle 2,790 58% 59,023 64% Travel to work in a taxi or minicab 28 1% 498 1% Travel to work by bicycle or on foot 731 15% 9,767 11% Travel to work by other means 39 1% 559 1%

Car or Van Ownership All households 4,726 - 89,154 - Household owns 1 car or van 1,874 40% 37,214 42% Household owns 2+ cars or vans 766 16% 19,389 22% Household does not own a car or van 2,086 44% 32,551 37%

Household Type All household spaces (properties) 4,923 - 92,602 - Detached 382 8% 9,759 11% Semi-detached 1,944 39% 38,617 42% Terraced 1,084 22% 24,928 27% Flat 1,513 31% 19,232 21% Caravan or other temporary structure 0 0% 66 0%

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Lobley Hill & Gateshead Bensham Tenure All households 4,726 - 89,154 - Owner occupied 2,363 50% 52,278 59% Rented from: Housing association/RSL 371 8% 4,956 6% Council 1,052 22% 19,985 22% Private Landlord 834 18% 10,130 11% Other 56 1% 995 1%

Household Composition All households 4,726 - 89,154 - Single person younger than 65 657 14% 12,138 14% Single person 65+ 1,068 23% 17,175 19% Family where all are 65+ 255 5% 7,170 8% Married couple 1,304 28% 27,407 31% Cohabiting couple 562 12% 9,741 11% Lone parent 549 12% 10,596 12% Other composition 331 7% 4,927 6%

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