Care home demand by town: North East
Every town we cover in North East, each a 5-mile care catchment. The figure on each card is beds per 100 residents aged 85+ (national 32.5); green means undersupplied. For the administrative view, see North East by local authority.
Alnwick48.2
266 beds · 6 homes
Ashington46.3
1,313 beds · 37 homes
Barnard Castle47.4
182 beds · 4 homes
Berwick-upon-Tweed52.3
284 beds · 7 homes
Billingham44.3
2,065 beds · 60 homes
Bishop Auckland51.9
912 beds · 23 homes
Blyth44.8
1,605 beds · 39 homes
Chester le Street47.3
2,306 beds · 55 homes
Consett33.4
525 beds · 16 homes
Corbridge40.3
397 beds · 11 homes
Cramlington34.1
1,698 beds · 43 homes
Crook46.5
820 beds · 21 homes
Darlington40.4
1,217 beds · 30 homes
Durham34.7
852 beds · 19 homes
East Boldon39.5
4,078 beds · 112 homes
Gateshead43.3
4,770 beds · 123 homes
Guisborough34.9
1,086 beds · 30 homes
Hartlepool42.1
1,119 beds · 30 homes
Hexham44.1
342 beds · 9 homes
Houghton le Spring39.8
2,387 beds · 69 homes
Middlesbrough56
3,007 beds · 85 homes
Morpeth34
336 beds · 11 homes
Newcastle upon Tyne40.1
4,446 beds · 117 homes
Newton Aycliffe44.2
934 beds · 28 homes
North Shields34.4
3,172 beds · 79 homes
Peterlee59.5
1,207 beds · 34 homes
Prudhoe31.4
620 beds · 17 homes
Redcar45
1,220 beds · 34 homes
Ryton30.9
1,645 beds · 39 homes
Saltburn-by-the-Sea34.8
449 beds · 15 homes
Seaham42.7
1,653 beds · 72 homes
Spennymoor43.5
1,071 beds · 25 homes
Stanley38.8
1,150 beds · 28 homes
Stockton-on-Tees49.3
2,997 beds · 88 homes
Sunderland37.7
2,708 beds · 84 homes
Wallsend37
4,918 beds · 130 homes
Washington39.6
3,498 beds · 80 homes
Wingate55.9
948 beds · 23 homes
Yarm42.6
1,187 beds · 30 homes
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Estimates from CQC HSCA Active Locations and ONS population + 2022-based projections under the Open Government Licence. For research and site screening. Updated July 2026.