Including Sandyford, Jesmond, Byker and Gosforth.Including Sandyford, Jesmond, Byker and Gosforth.
Including Sandyford, Jesmond, Byker and Gosforth.

The 29 poorest Newcastle neighbourhoods based on average income, including Gosforth, Jesmond and Byker

The cost of living crisis is biting many households in Newcastle and this list may give you an idea of where residents might be feeling the push the most.

Many of us are finding money a struggle as the cost-of-living crisis mounts, but people in some pockets of Newcastle could be feeling the pinch far more.

We’ve compiled a list of the neighbourhoods in Newcastle with the lowest estimated average annual household income, based on the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics. These are the areas which could be far less able to afford the rocketing cost of food and bills.

The ONS breaks Newcastle down into 29 neighbourhoods called Middle-layer Super Output Areas (MSOA). Each of the 29 in the area appears in the following listicle and that includes Jesmond, Gosforth, Byker, Elswick, Benwell and many more.

The average income statistics are the latest available by neighbourhood, published by the Office for National Statistics in March 2020 and relating to the financial year ending 2018.

Total annual household income is the sum of the before-tax income of every member of the household, plus any income from benefits. The estimates were calculated by the ONS using various sources of information, including the 2011 Census and the annual Family Resources Survey.

The ONS breaks Newcastle down into 29 neighbourhoods called Middle-layer Super Output Areas (MSOA). Each of the 29 in the area appears in the following listicle and that includes Jesmond, Gosforth, Byker, Elswick, Benwell and many more.