10.07.2014

Gateshead

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Gateshead

Location: North East

Population: 200,996 (Mid-year estimate 2015)

Interesting fact: The Gateshead Angel of the North is Britain's largest sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley for Gateshead Council. It was erected in 1998 and weighs 200 tons, is 20m high and has a 54m wing span.

Gateshead

Gateshead is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called the Rural Assembly.
A list of all the Rural Assembly members can be found here.

Gateshead Information
Phone number 0191 433 3000	Website www.gateshead.gov.uk	Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) North Eastern
Frequency of elections Elections are by thirds	Number of councillors 66	Political composition Labour - 54 Liberal Democrat - 12
MPs Blaydon - David Anderson (Labour) Gateshead - Ian Mearns (Labour) Jarrow - Stephen Hepburn (Labour)	Decision making structure Leader and a Cabinet	Population change Population change One Year Population Change + 0.2% Ten Year Population Change + 4.2%
Police Authority Northumbria Police Authority	Fire Service Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue	Health Authority North East Strategic Health Authority
Area 14,245 Hectares	Rural Output Area 58 rural OAs from 706 OAs in total	Audited by Northern Region (Audit Commission)
Rural Classification (Defra) Urban with Major Conurbation	Population by Area- (Density) 14.11 people per hectare	Number of Parishes 1
Number of Parish Meetings 0	Number of Parish Councils 1	Number of Town Councils 0
Average house price £129,950 (Median price paid by local authority, year ending Q4-2015 - provided by UK HPI data published by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016)	Outsourced Services Information yet to be supplied	Average age of population 40.5 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns Birtley, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Felling, Gateshead, Ryton, Whickham	Unemployment rate 1.7% (JSA claimants for September 2016)	Current Council Tax (amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included) 2014/2015 Council Tax - £1,443.20 2015/2016 Council Tax - £1,471.34 2016/2017 Council Tax - £1,500.60 2017/2018 Council Tax - £1,606.41
Percentage of households socially rented from council or local authority 22.4% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health 42.6% (2011 Census data)	Percentage of population which provides unpaid care 11.1% (2011 Census data)
Employment by Occupation Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3 38.5% (ONS annual population survey - April 15-March 16)	Average annual wage for full time employees 2014 Workplaced Based Median - £25,627 2015 Workplaced Based Median - £25,632 2014 Workplaced Based Mean - £29,782 2015 Workplaced Based Mean - £28,899 2014 Resident Based Median - £25,078 2015 Resident Based Median - £24,986 2014 Resident Based Mean - £29,069 2015 Resident Based Mean - £29,601	Percentage of those employed in full time employment 39.8% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household (2011 Census data) No cars or vans - 36.5% 1 car or van - 41.7% 2 cars or vans - 18.0% 3 cars or vans - 3.0% 4 or more cars and vans - 0.8%	Local Newspapers Information yet to be supplied	National Park/AONBs None
2015 English Indices of Deprivation analysis tool (Produced by Oxfordshire County Council) The Research & Intelligence Unit of Oxfordshire County Council have produced an interactive tool that present the 2015 English Indices of Deprivation on a map of England to make it easier to explore the data for your areas of interest, and have kindly made this tool available to members of the Rural Services Network. The analysis works through your web browser, and can be accessed for Gateshead here

(All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
(Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)