Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 23 min4:26 am – 9:49 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 10 min8:29 am – 3:39 pm
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People6,694 residentsin the Killingworth West & Camperdown census areaMedian age 40.63,041 households64% of homes owner-occupied30% owned outright23% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.7% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,276 in work, 23% retiredMain industries: health and social work 16%, retail and wholesale 16%, public administration and defence 11%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 54% go by car, 7% take public transport, 9% walk or cycle80% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C684 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November39 days of air frost, 3 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksGosforth Lakelake · 1.6 miCamperdownhill · under a mileSeghill Reservoirreservoir · 1.7 miFencer Hillhill · 2.3 miGosforth Woodwoodland · under a mileRook Woodwoodland · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesWeetslade Country Parkpark · under a mile · 39 haFryers Millennium Greenpark · under a mileKillingworth Lakeside Parkpark · under a mile · 17 haNorthumberland Golf Coursegolf course · 1.3 mi · 76 haThe Lakeside Centresports ground · under a mileLockey Parkplaying field · 1.7 mi · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes25 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202033 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202341 mi away, Hilton, North YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 11 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,102 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation66 m217 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 51 to 86 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorthumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital2.2 miGP surgeryWellspring Medical Pract.27 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBurradon Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistUnit 20-21under a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools13 primary, 3 secondary, 3 special, 1 otherPrimaryBurradon Community Primary Schoolages 2-11, 144 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBailey Green Primary Schoolages 0-11, 469 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryGeorge Stephenson High Schoolages 11-18, 1,233 pupilsunder a mileCollegeGateshead College5.3 miUniversityUniversity of Newcastle Upon Tyne4.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL4.5 miRailway stationNorthumberland Park (Tyne & Wear)2.4 miMetroPalmersville (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)1.9 miBus stationBus StationKillingworthunder a mileFerryNorth Shields Ferry Terminal5.9 miBus stops70 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NE23 postcode district.
