 In the 2011 Census the population was 11,125, as reported as part of the Sandhill ward.The estate has three shopping arcades, a community centre, one working men's club, a recently built residential home for the elderly, three Methodist churches, and two primary schools, and a secondary school which was rebuilt in 2003.The former secondary school site is host to the new school, community centre, the local branch library, which was moved from Grindon and a walk in health centre.