Neighbourhood in Gateshead

Bensham South & Saltwell

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Bensham South & Saltwell typically sold for £135,000. Half of the 327 sales were between £95k and £201k, against a typical £162,748 across Gateshead.

Postcodes NE8, NE9

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £135k half sold for £95k to £201k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 327 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +9.3% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 1% of sales · 50% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Gateshead.

Detached
Not enough sales (14 in 3 years)
Semi-detached £210,000 typical
Half between £150k and £300k · 57 sales · Gateshead £175k
Terraced £177,250 typical
Half between £131k and £226k · 106 sales · Gateshead £143k
Flat £100,000 typical
Half between £84k and £125k · 150 sales · Gateshead £100k

Since 1995

Each year in Bensham South & Saltwell

This neighbourhood Gateshead Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Flat46% · Gateshead 15%
Terraced32% · Gateshead 34%
Semi-detached17% · Gateshead 36%
Detached4% · Gateshead 16%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales1% · Gateshead 7%

Leaseholds, share of sales50% · Gateshead 25%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Bensham South & Saltwell

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.