Housing in NE9 6SQ
What the homes in NE9 6SQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Beacon Lough & Wrekenton
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,233 (2024)
NE9 6SQGateshead
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (36.4%). Flats make up 37.6%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
22% of households in the NE9 6SQ area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.2% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 11.8% own outright and 10.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned22%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented10.2%20.5%
- Social rented66%17.1%
- Lives rent free1.8%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 45.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (30.6%). 28% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Gateshead
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Gateshead (August 2026, +5.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NE9 6SQ (Beacon Lough & Wrekenton) (about 1,233 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.