Postcode sector

NE16 5 · Whickham

Gateshead · district NE16 · 304 postcodes

Median £/m²£2,700/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−5.8%
Sales, 24 months302with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,170/m² to £1,340/m²: 10 sales£1,340/m² to £1,500/m²: 11 sales£1,500/m² to £1,670/m²: 13 sales£1,670/m² to £1,830/m²: 11 sales£1,830/m² to £2,000/m²: 7 sales£2,000/m² to £2,170/m²: 18 sales£2,170/m² to £2,330/m²: 21 sales£2,330/m² to £2,500/m²: 24 sales£2,500/m² to £2,660/m²: 33 sales£2,660/m² to £2,830/m²: 31 sales£2,830/m² to £3,000/m²: 30 sales£3,000/m² to £3,160/m²: 19 sales£3,160/m² to £3,330/m²: 15 sales£3,330/m² to £3,490/m²: 16 sales£3,490/m² to £3,660/m²: 15 sales£3,660/m² to £3,820/m²: 9 sales£3,820/m² to £3,990/m²: 4 sales£3,990/m² to £4,160/m²: 5 sales£4,160/m² to £4,320/m²: 5 sales£4,320/m² to £4,490/m²: 5 salesNE16 5NE16£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k
NE16 5
£2,700/m² middle · £2,240–£3,090/m² middle half · 302 sales
District NE16
£2,350/m² middle · £1,810–£2,870/m² middle half · 691 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020020052010201520202025NE16 5, 2026: 86NE16, 2026: 81Gateshead houses, 2026: 87
  • NE16 5
  • NE16
  • Gateshead houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverNE16 5District NE16
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−5.8%−2.7%−7.4%−4.2%
5 years−3.7%+1.2%−3.4%+1.4%
10 years−0.8%+2.6%−0.9%+2.5%
20 years−1.2%+1.6%−1.2%+1.6%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
  2. NE16 5Whickham£2,240–£3,090/m²
  3. NE39 1Rowlands Gill & Lockhaugh£2,410–£2,940/m²
  4. NE16 4Swalwell£1,830–£2,920/m²
  5. NE11 0Dunston & Teams£1,780–£2,500/m²
  6. NE21 6Blaydon North & Winlaton Mill£1,660–£2,410/m²
  7. NE16 6Burnopfield£1,550–£2,470/m²
  8. NE16 3Swalwell£1,520–£2,250/m²
  9. DH9 9Burnopfield£1,280–£2,500/m²
  10. DH9 0Stanley North & East£980–£1,940/m²
  11. NE16 9Blaydon North & Winlaton MillToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Kingsway2768 m²£1,850/m²
Oakfield Road1791 m²£2,790/m²
Longwood Close1460 m²£2,190/m²
Pennyfine Road1498 m²£2,470/m²
The Cedars14108 m²£3,390/m²
Warwick Avenue14106 m²£2,520/m²
Calder Walk1367 m²£2,080/m²
Grange Lane1375 m²£2,790/m²
Church Street1288 m²£1,370/m²
Laburnum Grove12100 m²£2,500/m²
Lambley Close1167 m²£2,160/m²
Shamrock Lane11185 m²£2,860/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.