Birtley

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£292k	+14%	+392%	-31%
Semi-detached	£190k	+9.7%	+277%	-32%
Terraced	£130k	+17%	+334%	-47%
Flat	£65k	+10%	+171%	-73%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy	0.08 mi	Non-sel	46.6	49%

Rents

	Yours	Trend	Position
All bedrooms	£782
1 bed	£575
2 bed	£703
3 bed	£820
4+ bed	£1,173

Crime

Reported crimes per month

	Yours	Trend	Position
All crime	9
Violence & sexual offences	4
Burglary	15
Anti-social behaviour	5

GP practices

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP	GP practice	0.3 mi
RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	2.3 mi
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE	GP practice	3.5 mi
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE	GP practice	3.5 mi
TIME TO HEAL (NON WEIGHT BEARING) BEDS	GP practice	3.3 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Station Road	Rail station	3.2 mi
Chester-le-Street Rail Station	Rail station	3.2 mi
Bullion Lane	Rail station	4.5 mi
Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)	Metro/tram	6.1 mi
Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)	Metro/tram	6.7 mi

Broadband

Availability of fast broadband

	Yours	Trend	Position
Superfast (30Mbps+)	97.4%
Gigabit	85.0%
Full fibre (FTTP)	43.8%

Mobile coverage

	Yours	Trend	Position
Indoor 4G (all operators)	94.9%
Indoor voice (all)	97.1%
5G outdoor (any)	—

Deprivation

Updated Oct 2025

	More deprivedLess deprived	Birtley average (lo–hi)
Overall		34% (11–65)
Income		36% (12–58)
Employment		28% (7–52)
Education		34% (8–56)
Health		18% (7–43)
Crime		40% (11–87)
Housing & services		87% (75–98)
Living environment		46% (8–70)

Your MP

Updated Apr 2026

Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk

http://www.sharonhodgson.org/

Green spaces

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.09 mi
Birtley Golf Course	Sports facility	0.10 mi
Greenspace access point	Sports facility	0.5 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Play space	0.2 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
Church of St John the Evangelist	II	0.3 mi
School House	II	0.3 mi
Co-operative Buildings	II	0.4 mi
Statue of Em Perkins at North End of Monument Terrace	II	0.4 mi
Birtley Cenotaph, Memorial Shelters, and Garden Wall Including Gate Piers and Railings.	II	0.6 mi

Companies

	Yours	Trend	Position
Active companies	7,146
Total registered	7,817
Dormant	126
New (last year)	1,207
New (last 5 years)	3,642

Air quality

	Yours	Trend	Position
PM2.5	7
PM10	11
NO₂	12
NOₓ	17

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	10
Fatal	0
Serious	2
Killed/serious	2
Pedestrian	1
Cyclist	1

Traffic

	Yours	Trend	Position
All motor vehicles	1,104,100,000
Cars & taxis	871,000,000

Flood risk

	Yours	Trend	Position
Rivers & sea	0

Bathing water

Updated Nov 2025

Name	Distance
Roker - Sunderland	10.6 mi
Seaburn - Sunderland	10.8 mi
Marsden	11.6 mi
Littlehaven Beach	11.3 mi
South Shields	11.0 mi

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	2,142

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	16.8%
Aged 16–64	61.6%
Aged 65+	21.6%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	96.0%
Asian	1.9%
Black	0.3%
Mixed	0.6%
Other	1.1%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	57.0%
Social rented	31.2%
Private rented	11.8%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	26.5%
Semi-detached	20.1%
Terraced	32.9%
Flat / maisonette	19.9%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	30.7%
1 car or van	36.9%
2+ cars or vans	32.5%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	56.0%
Unemployed	3.0%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	22.8%
Degree or above	27.6%

Health

	Yours	Trend	Position
Life expectancy	—
Obesity prevalence	73.4%
Smoking prevalence	8.3%
Infant mortality	3.6

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