Gateshead and Newcastle Strategic Housing Market Assessment

Gateshead & Newcastle Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2010
3.7 The Newcastle and Gateshead Market
3.7.1 As discussed in paragraph 3.2.4, a housing market is identified as one where 70% of
household moves are contained within the area.
3.7.2 The data shows a strong correlation between actual household moves and travel to work
patterns in the Borough. 2001 Census has revealed that self‐containment is 84.4% in
Newcastle and 78.9% in Gateshead when analysing household movements. The travel to
work patterns suggests a lower level of self‐containment, 71.9% in Newcastle and 56.9% in
Gateshead.
3.7.3 Although the evidence of household moves suggests that Newcastle and Gateshead could be
considered to be a single market (in excess of 70%), 84.9% and 78.9% respectively,
Gateshead has a much lower level of self containment in relation to employment with 56.9%
of residents working within the Borough. 71.9% of Newcastle Upon Tyne residents work
within the City.
3.7.4 The evidence shows that household movement and commuting patterns are strongly linked
between Newcastle and Gateshead. There is also evidence of strong migration and travel to
work links between Newcastle and North Tyneside.
3.7.5 It can be concluded from the analysis of data relating to migration and commuting that
Newcastle and Gateshead are part of the Tyne and Wear sub‐regional market.
3.7.6 Newcastle however has very strong migration and travel to work links with North Tyneside
which are greater than with Gateshead. Although Gateshead also has links to North
Tyneside they are not as strong as those to Sunderland.
3.7.7 The reality is that there is significant overlap between different housing markets (and
TTWAs).
3.7.8 Adopting a practicable approach, the three authorities in combination achieve 86.7% selfcontainment
for travel to work (i.e. 86.7% of residents in work who live in one of the three
authorities also work in one of the three authorities). For moves the level of selfcontainment
is higher still – at 90.9%. Although there are clear linkages with Sunderland,
South Tyneside and parts of Northumberland & Durham, pragmatism dictates that these
three authorities represent a reasonable approximation to a single housing market.
Table 3‐8
Travel to work
Area of
residence
Travel to Work Patterns
Place of work
Newcastle
Gateshead
44
North
Tyneside
N + G +
NT
Total
Newcastle 70017 9213 7618 86848 97375 71.9%
Gateshead 18245 43271 550 62066 76096 56.9%
N Tyneside 24899 4339 41933 71171 80352 52.2%
N + G + NT 113161 56823 50101 220085 253823 86.7%
Moves
Area of
residence
Place of previous residence
N
Tyneside
N + G + NT
Total
Selfcontainment
Newcastle
Gateshead
Selfcontainment
Newcastle 24831 915 1260 27006 29420 84.4%
Gateshead 1286 12170 292 13748 15419 78.9%
N Tyneside 2264 332 12670 15266 16790 75.5%
N + G + NT 28381 13417 14222 56020 61629 90.9%