Gateshead Area Guide | £167k Median Price | Sipuha

Gateshead

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
196,107
Households
88,907
88,907
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 51%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
£166,714
Median property price
£711
Median rent
5,195
Postcodes
88,907
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 51%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
£166,714
Median property price
£711
Median rent
5,195
Postcodes

Sold prices in Gateshead

England & Wales
Property sales · Gateshead
HM Land Registry · Gateshead
Average price
£178,012
YoY: -0.7%
Median price: £165,928
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 69 sales · avg £176,488
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£194k£171k£148k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood risk in Gateshead

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial / Tidal Models · Fluvial / Tidal Models and Fluvial Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Gateshead.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Gateshead

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Admission appeals in Gateshead

Appeals lodged

118

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
27 · 1.2% of admissions
Lodged
25 · 1.1% of admissions
Heard
1 · 4.0% of those heard
Successful

2,214 admissions

Infant
26 · 1.3% of admissions
Lodged
24 · 1.2% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

1,926 admissions

Secondary
91 · 4.5% of admissions
Lodged
64 · 3.1% of admissions
Heard
16 · 25.0% of those heard
Successful

2,043 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Transport in Gateshead

Dunston is a 12-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 991 m

  • Dunston

    Rail

    991 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Gateshead

GPs make up most of the mapped places

36 GPs · 16 Libraries · 3 Hospitals · 56 in all

  • GPs36
  • Libraries16
  • Hospitals3
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Gateshead

Median private rent

£711/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£581
1 bed
£711
2 bed
£828
3 bed
£1,179
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Gateshead

Coordinates54.9419, -1.6483
Postcodes
5,195
Population (Census)
196,107
Households (Census)
88,907

Demographics in Gateshead

Ethnicity

Total residents: 196,161
White Brit.90.3%
Other White2.7%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.1%
+ other · 5.9%

Religion

Total residents: 196,133
Christian50.8%
No religion40.1%
Not answered4.5%
Muslim2.1%
Jewish1.5%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 196,107
50–6420.8%
35–4918.8%
25–3413.2%
65–7410.9%
10–156.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.6%

Households

Total households: 88,907
Other20.3%
Any member 66+14.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.2%
All members 66+9.1%
+ 7 other households · 34.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Gateshead

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.45 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.45 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).