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North East pay gap - richest and poorest neighbourhoods are revealed

The richest and poorest neighbourhoods in the North East have been revealed in figures which show a huge difference in areas just miles apart.

The data comes from the Office for National Statistics which analysed the average total annual income of every households in the region.

The final figure is the sum of the gross income of every member of the household, plus any income from benefits such as Working Families Tax Credit.

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The average doesn't take into account the size of households, but gives us an idea of the income divide faced by households across the North East.

The North Cramlington neighbourhood in Northumberland is the richest across the whole of the region with a total annual household income of £56,200.

Jesmond Dene is in one of the North East's richest neighbourhoods (ncjMedia)

Yet just five miles away is the poorest neighbourhood in Northumberland of Blyth Cowpen where the figure is less than half at £25,800.

This alarming trend is repeated in Newcastle where the richest neighbourhood is South Gosforth with an average household income of £52,500.

This compares to an income of £24,700 in Walker South located just five miles away, the poorest neighbourhood both in the city and the region as a whole.

Here are the figures for the top five poorest and richest neighbourhoods broken down into their local authority area.

County Durham - five poorest neighbourhoods

Rank; Neighbourhood name; total annual income (£)

1. Horden; 25,400

2. Peterlee East; 26,800

3. Murton North & Parkside; County Durham; 27,500

4. Shildon; County Durham; 28,000

5. Bishop Auckland South; County Durham; 28,100

County Durham - five richest neighbourhoods

1. Aykley Heads, Neville's Cross & Langley Moor; 54,900

2. Newton Hall & Brasside; 50,700

3. Chester-le-Street South & East; 45,600

4. Sedgefield & Bishop Middleham; 44,000

5. Belmont & Carrville; 43,600

Gateshead - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. Beacon Lough & Wrekenton 28,300

2. Felling South; 28,400

3. Bensham North; 29,300

4. Mount Pleasant & Deckham East; 30,000

5. Heworth; 30,300

Gateshead - five richest neighbourhoods

1. Whickham; 42,500

2. Rowlands Gill & Lockhaugh; 41,400

3. Low Fell West; 40,900

4. Low Fell East; 40,700

5. Wardley; 38,700

Walker is in one of the North East's poorest neighbourhoods (ncjMedia)

Newcastle - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. Walker South; 24,700

2. Walker North; 25,000

3. Elswick; 26,900

4. Benwell; 28,300

5. Blakelaw; 28,700

Newcastle - five richest neighbourhoods

1. South Gosforth; 52,500

2. High Heaton; 51,600

3. North Gosforth; 51,100

4. Coxlodge & West Gosforth; 49,000

5. North Jesmond; 46,500

North Tyneside - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. Howdon; 28,000

2. Chirton; 29,000

3. Percy Main; 30,200

4. Willington Quay; 30,600

5. New York; 31,000

North Tyneside - five richest neighbourhoods

1. Whitley Sands; 52,600

2. Whitley Bay North; 48,500

3. West Monkseaton; 46,600

4. Tynemouth West; 44,000

5. Whitley Bay Promenade; 43,200

The wealthiest and poorest neighbourhoods are sometimes just a few miles apart (Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

South Tyneside - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. South Shields West; 26,000

2. Brockley Whins; 27,000

3. Simonside; 27,400

4. Biddick Hill; 28,900

5. Harton East; 29,000

South Tyneside - five richest neighbourhoods

1. Cleadon & East Boldon; 49,600

2. Harton West; 40,700

3. West Boldon; 40,600

4. Westoe; 36,100

5. Cleadon Park; 34,800

Sunderland - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. Hendon & Docks; 25,800

2. Pallion North; 26,400

3. Thorney Close & Plains Farm; 27,000

4. Town End Farm; 27,200

5. Hylton Red House & Marley Pots; 27,300

Sunderland - five richest neighbourhoods

1. Harraton, Rickleton & Fatfield; 43,500

2. Hill View & Tunstall; 43,100

3. Seaburn; 40,900

4. Fulwell; 40,900

5. Herrington & Doxford; 40,600

Northumberland - five poorest neighbourhoods

1. Blyth Cowpen; 25,800

2. Ashington Hirst; 29,000

3. Blyth Isabella; 29,200

4. Newbiggin; 29,900

5. Berwick-upon-Tweed Town; 30,400

Northumberland - five richest neighbourhoods

1. North Cramlington; 56,200

2. Morpeth South & West; 53,800

3. Darras Hall, Stamfordham & Heddon; 53,400

4. Longhorsley, Hepscott & Capheaton; 48,200.

5. Stocksfield, Riding Mill & Corbridge; 45,800

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