 51.9% of the population are female, while 48.1% are male.Only 1.9% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group, as opposed to 14.6% of the national population, and 3.7% of the population in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.Data from the 2011 Census found that the average life expectancy in "Lamesley" is 77.9 years for men, and 79.6 years for women.