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Whitburn & Marsden

Ward

The east of the South Tyneside. About 7,277 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Whitburn & Marsden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,164
Joint 3,905th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Whitburn & Marsden compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Whitburn & MarsdenMiddle
Population18 wards, South Tyneside · 2021
Population: every ward in South Tyneside18 areas from 7,164 to 9,463. The middle area is 8,382. Whitburn & Marsden is 7,164.
7,164least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, South Tyneside · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Tyneside18 areas from 44.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Whitburn & Marsden is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, South Tyneside · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Tyneside18 areas from 84.8% to 98.0%. The middle area is 93.6%. Whitburn & Marsden is 86.8%.
86.8%2nd lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, South Tyneside · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Tyneside18 areas from 1.2% to 8.5%. The middle area is 4.5%. Whitburn & Marsden is 3.0%.
3.0%2nd lowest

Is Whitburn & Marsden safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whitburn & Marsden at a rate of 60.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across South Tyneside.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whitburn & Marsden.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (163), anti-social behaviour (98) and other crime (90).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of South Tyneside

These figures are published for the whole of South Tyneside, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Tyneside and not Whitburn & Marsden alone. See South Tyneside

Average house price
£160,518
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,739
28th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.8×
Joint 37th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
31.1
Joint 31st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Whitburn & Marsden in brief

Whitburn & Marsden had 7,164 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Whitburn & Marsden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Whitburn & Marsden, 86.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Whitburn & Marsden, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.