Gateshead

Gateshead is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 12km’s from Newcastle’s central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie.

Gateshead is named in honour of Gateshead, a town in North East England.

The size of Gateshead is approximately 3km². It has 4 parks covering nearly 18% of the total area. There are 3 schools located in Gateshead.

The population of Gateshead in 2001 was 3,606 people.

By 2006 the population was 3,548 showing a population decline of 2% in the area during that time.

The predominant age group in Gateshead is 10 – 19 years.

Currently the median sale price of houses in the area is $286,500.

This information has been prepared on 23rd March 2011 and sourced from RPdata and Wikipedia.