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NE16 6AD

Whickham South & Sunniside · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whickham South & Sunniside
Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE16 6AA 538 m
NE16 6BG 729 m
NE16 6AB 765 m
NE39 1AR 868 m
NE39 1AQ 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 6AD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 April 2003
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6
Latitude
54.923465
Longitude
-1.722598
British National Grid easting
417,878
British National Grid northing
558,787

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
E00041946
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 019F · E01008273
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 019 · E02001700

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
18
Secondary
2

  1. Rowlands Gill Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  3. Burnopfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
143
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Shoplifting 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Other crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE16 6 residents
5,086

Age bands in NE16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

793 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

438 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,186 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,450 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,123 residents

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    2.3 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85617

    3.0 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    3.5 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    3.5 km

  • WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85020

    3.8 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code A85010

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Gibside Chapel

    BCT · Rowlands Gill

    0.6 miles

  • Fellside Road-Byermoor Farm

    BCT · Crookgate

    0.7 miles

  • Fellside Road-Byermoor Farm

    BCT · Crookgate

    0.7 miles

  • Lockhaugh Road-Farm

    BCT · Lockhaugh

    0.7 miles

  • Lockhaugh Road-Thornley Lane

    BCT · Lockhaugh

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 019F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,841 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Rowlands Gill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

143 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 29 events.

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