Property market | £176,297 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Newcastle (11.4 miles) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 93.5% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 6.4% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Community | Median age is 41.5 | Population of 37,164 | Happiness is Below Average for Tyne & Wear, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Gateshead) | |
Commute (approx) | - York (79 mins) | |
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£176,297 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Newcastle (11.4 miles) | |
Median age is 41.5 | 37,164 | Happiness is Below Average for Tyne & Wear, Average for UK | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Gateshead) | |
- York (79 mins) | |
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Chester-le-Street has one main store nearby, Morrisons Birtley. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Barley Mow Inn, Birtley Masonic Hall, Board Inn, Coach And Horses, Red Lion Inn, The Hanlon, The Moulders Arms, The Railway Hotel, Three Tuns Inn. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, we found many nearby, including: Burger King, Canford Audio, Co-Op Retail Logistics Birtley, Delicious Di's, Gartlands, Lotus Leaf, Pelaw Grange Greyhound Stadium, Sherpa Kids Gateshe... (see map below for more). There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Costa Coffee - Northbound, Costa Coffee - Southbound, Dobbies Cafe, The Cafe @ Motorpoint. Chester-le-Street has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Chester-le-Street has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £292,533, which is up 5.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £176,297 (up 3.8% on last year) , a terraced house £149,040 (up 2.9% on last year) and a flat £95,189. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £522 per month. Property prices in Chester-le-Street are similar to the average property prices across Tyne & Wear and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Chester-le-Street, prices have risen slightly slower than the annual average price change seen across the Tyne & Wear region.
Property data is based on Gateshead level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Chester-le-Street, or click here to browse the longer list of Chester-le-Street property transactions from 2023.
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Chester-le-Street has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Birtley Lane, Chester le Street. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Ravensworth Terrace Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Portobello Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Birtley East Community Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Barley Mow Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Rickleton Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Blackfell Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Holley Park Academy | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (11/29/2011) | Ofsted Report Link | Chester le Street | |
Portobello Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/27/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Chester le Street | |
Birtley East Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (4/29/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Chester le Street | |
Barley Mow Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/20/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Chester le Street | |
Holley Park Academy Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/11/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Washington | |
Blackfell Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (3/15/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Washington | |
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (11/16/2022) | 290 submissions 77.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Chester le Street |
Rickleton Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/18/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Washington | |
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Chester le Street | |||
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Chester le Street |
Station | Distance from Chester-le-Street | Commute options |
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Heworth A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 79 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 111 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 115 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 179 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Dunston A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +19% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 78 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 110 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 114 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 178 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Fellgate | 7 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 102 mins - Grand Central) View details |
Newcastle A busy station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- York (65 mins - CrossCountry - £527 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (91 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 158 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 161 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Glasgow Queen Street (1 change(s) - 161 mins - ScotRail) View details |
Manors A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +33% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 74 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 106 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 108 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 174 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Gateshead) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Gateshead residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 93.5% | 81.7% |
Asian | 2.5% | 9.3% |
Other | 1.6% | 2.1% |
Mixed | 1.2% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.1% | 4.0% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Tyne & Wear is fast (74mbps). No local data is available for Chester-le-Street.
Average speed | mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | % |
% households unable to access decent broadband | % |
Crime stats were found at the Gateshead level:
Type | Gateshead | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 95 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 10 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 35 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Chester-le-Street.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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North East | River Wear, Moors Burn, Smallhope Burn | Lower River Wear from Escomb to Sunderland including the Rivers Browney, Cong Burn and Lumley Park Burn |
North East | River Wear | Wear estuary from Lamb Bridge at Chester-le-street to the North Sea coast |
North East | River Derwent, River Team, River Don | Rivers Derwent, Team, Don, their tributaries and south bank tributaries of the Tyne estuary |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Chester-le-Street, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £176,297 Detached: £292,533 | 95 | Primary: 9Secondary: 1 | |
Ouseburn, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £234,530 Detached: £417,462 | 120 | Primary: 28Secondary: 8 | 11.7% residents in higher managerial positions 9.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Gosforth, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £234,530 Detached: £417,462 | 120 | Primary: 20Secondary: 9 | 14.2% residents in higher managerial positions 9.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £236,313 Detached: £415,835 | 82 | Primary: 10Secondary: 4 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 8.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £236,313 Detached: £415,835 | 82 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 8.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Chester-le-Street, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £176,297 Detached: £292,533 | 95 | Primary: 9Secondary: 1 |
Ouseburn, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £234,530 Detached: £417,462 | 120 | Primary: 28Secondary: 8 |
Gosforth, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £234,530 Detached: £417,462 | 120 | Primary: 20Secondary: 9 |
Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £236,313 Detached: £415,835 | 82 | Primary: 10Secondary: 4 |
Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £236,313 Detached: £415,835 | 82 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 |
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