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NE16 5AE

Whickham South & Sunniside · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Ward
Whickham South & Sunniside
Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE16 5JJ 31 m
NE16 5JS 48 m
NE16 5BX 75 m
NE16 5AG 114 m
NE16 5JL 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 5AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 5
Latitude
54.935187
Longitude
-1.680270
British National Grid easting
420,585
British National Grid northing
560,103

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Gateshead · E08000037
Electoral ward
Whickham South & Sunniside · E05016564
Parish or community
E43000229
Westminster constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
Output area
E00041962
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 017B · E01008269
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 017 · E02001698

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Grange Lane, Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5AE 1 March 2023 £410,000
22, Grange Lane, Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5AE 4 November 2022 £377,000
24, Grange Lane, Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5AE 17 May 2018 £181,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
33
Secondary
5

  1. Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    634 m

  2. Clover Hill Community Primary School

    Community school

    654 m

  3. Whickham School

    Academy converter

    660 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
725
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 222
  • Anti social behaviour 148
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Public order 62
  • Other crime 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

8 female, 10 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
NE16 5 residents
10,309

Age bands in NE16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,618 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

869 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

2,165 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,777 residents

Age 65 and over
30.4%

3,251 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE16 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD

    ODS code A85020

    1.2 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    1.4 km

  • GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES

    RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ

    ODS code A85006

    3.3 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 FRONT STREET, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD

    ODS code A85616

    3.6 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

    10 FRONT STREET, WINLATON, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD

    ODS code A85018

    3.6 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE

    ODS code A85010

    3.8 km

  • HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP

    142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB

    ODS code A86021

    4.0 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

    2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ

    ODS code A86030

    4.3 km

  • BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB

    ODS code A85002

    4.5 km

  • ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE

    MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH

    ODS code A86037

    4.6 km

  • SECOND STREET SURGERY

    SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR

    ODS code A85021

    4.7 km

  • WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB

    ODS code A86012

    4.8 km

  • CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY

    178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT

    ODS code A86017

    4.8 km

  • PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE

    501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY

    ODS code A86004

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sunniside Road-Elm Court

    BCT · Whickham

    0.2 miles

  • Broadway - Thornley Close

    BCT · Whickham

    0.2 miles

  • Broadway - Kiln Rise

    BCT · Whickham

    0.2 miles

  • Sunniside Road-Grange Lane

    BCT · Whickham

    0.2 miles

  • Whaggs Lane-Ashfield Road

    BCT · Whickham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 017B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,771 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £393,500 from 2 recorded sales in NE16 5AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Gateshead is £158,254 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.

Schools

49 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 5 secondary schools. Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 634 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

725 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 222 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.