11 important facts
Area insights about Gateshead, local authority district
Locals say
Read more reviews8.1 • Peaceful area in Gateshead. It is…
fchicken, Jan 15 2026
Village Heights, NE8 1PW
Peaceful area in Gateshead. It is about 15 min walk from the Gateshead metro station, and well connected. I did not have any noise issue and felt very peaceful in my time here...
Data says
Income
View allView income on mapIncludes low-income areas and areas of average wealth 1/10 - 5/10
Deprivation
View allView deprivation domainsComposed of non-deprived areas by 36%
Professional occupations
View allView full breakdown & mapLow % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 3/10
Residents with degrees
View allView full breakdown & mapLow % of residents are degree-educated or similar 3/10
Medium crime rate 6/10
Demographics
View allView full breakdown & map- Main ethnic group
- White British 90%
- Main religion
- Christian 51%
- Main age band
- Aged 40 to 59 27%
- Main household type
- People living alone 35%
Gateshead (LAD)
Average for North East
Noise
View allView noise on map- 25.3% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View allView connectivity mapThe area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Northern Rail
- ScotRail
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
84 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 8 schools or 10%
- Good: 59 schools or 70%
- Primary schools: 71 (6 Outstanding, 51 Good)
- Secondary schools: 13 (2 Outstanding, 6 Good)
- State-funded: 76 schools or 90%
- Private: 6 schools or 7%
Flood risk
View allView flood riskContains areas that are at risk of flood