Social housing in Gateshead
25.1% of households in Gateshead are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Gateshead?
Gateshead ranks 39th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 89,045 households, 22,331 are social homes (25.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Gateshead compare with the UK average?
At +7.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Gateshead sits above the national level.
Gateshead at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Gateshead.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Gateshead has 93 schools — 84 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 66 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 32 with a published Ofsted grade, 97% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 79 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Gateshead, offering about 3,789 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Gateshead sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 36% of its 126 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,917 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Gateshead
See Gateshead through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).