Property market | £176,297 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Newcastle (7.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 63.1mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 93.5% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 6.4% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 301 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 171 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Blaydon level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Tyne & Wear, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Gateshead) | |
Commute (approx) | - York (88 mins) | |
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£176,297 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Newcastle (7.7 miles) | |
63.1mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Tyne & Wear, Average for UK | |
Ranked 301 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 171 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Blaydon level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Gateshead) | |
- York (88 mins) | |
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Spen has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Spen 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 Spen 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 Spen, 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 Spen, or click here to browse the longer list of Spen property transactions from 2023.
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Spen has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including High Spen Primary School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Hugar Road, Rowlands Gill. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Greenside Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (2/11/2010) | Ofsted Report Link | Ryton | |
High Spen Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (2/23/2012) | 69 submissions 96.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Rowlands Gill |
Highfield Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/27/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Rowlands Gill | |
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/3/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Rowlands Gill |
School | Type |
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Greenside Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (2/11/2010) |
High Spen Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/23/2012) 69 submissions 96.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Highfield Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/27/2018) |
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (10/3/2013) |
Station | Distance from Spen | Commute options |
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Wylam A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- York (91 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 120 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 147 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details |
Blaydon A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +53% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- York (88 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 115 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 151 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details |
Prudhoe A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +13% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- York (96 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 124 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 145 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (168 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Stocksfield A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- York (1 change(s) - 98 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 130 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 134 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Dunston A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +19% from the previous year. | 8 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 |
Newcastle A busy station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 9 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 |
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% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Blaydon consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 13.3% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 7.9% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 11.1% | 301 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 20.4% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 6.3% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 13.9% | |
Routine occupations | 13.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.5% | 171 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.6% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Tyne & Wear is fast (74mbps). Spen is slower than this, with average download speeds of 63.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Blaydon level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 63.1 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 92.8% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.7% |
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 Spen.
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 Tyne, Cockshaw Burn | River Tyne from Hexham to Wylam and its tributaries |
North East | River Derwent, River Team, River Don | Rivers Derwent, Team, Don, their tributaries and south bank tributaries of the Tyne estuary |
North East | River Derwent | Properties and low lying areas around Wood Street, Farriers Way, Lintzford, Riverside Way, The Copse, Bates Lane, Hexham Road, and The Sands Industrial Estate |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Spen, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £176,297 Detached: £292,533 | 95 | Primary: 4Secondary: | 11.1% residents in higher managerial positions 9.5% residents long-term unemployed |
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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Spen, Tyne & Wear Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £176,297 Detached: £292,533 | 95 | Primary: 4Secondary: |
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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