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 – 3:38 pm
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People5,913 residentsin the Whitley Sands census areaMedian age 45.72,304 households88% of homes owner-occupied46% owned outright4% social rented, 8% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 2,702 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: education 18%, health and social work 18%, public administration and defence 10%Getting to work: 44% work from home, 43% go by car, 5% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages55% of adults hold a degree or higher8% have no qualifications, 4% 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°C650 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November23 days of air frost, 1 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)
Parks and green spacesWhitley Linkspark · under a mile · 15 haMarden Quarry Nature Reservepark · under a mile · 6 haWhitley Parkpark · under a mileWhitley Bay Golf Coursegolf course · 1.0 mi · 58 haFoxhunters Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 13 haLangley Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes24 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 202032 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Mar 202340 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 9.6 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 10.0 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% 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)2,326 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation33 m108 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from -1 to 50 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNorth Tyneside General Hospital1.2 miGP surgeryMarine Avenue Medical Ctr11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyFairmans Pharmacy13 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistHorizon Dental Clinicright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi28 schools16 primary, 9 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherSecondaryMonkseaton Coastal Schoolages 9-13, 203 pupilsunder a milePrimaryAppletree Gardens First Schoolages 2-9, 292 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWhitley Bay High Schoolages 13-18, 1,797 pupilsunder a mileCollegeTyne Coast College4.2 miUniversityUniversity of Northumbria At Newcastle7.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL9.1 miRailway stationNorthumberland Park (Tyne & Wear)2.4 miMetroMonkseaton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)under a mileBus stationTransport HubNorth Shields2.4 miFerryNorth Shields Ferry Terminal2.7 miBus stops124 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NE25 postcode district.
