Drawn from the latest ONS and Census figures for Longbenton, with what ChatFlow does about each.
Customers who work shifts
17.1% of working Longbenton residents are in human health and social work activities, the town's largest field of work, ahead of wholesale and retail trade (12.6%) and public administration and defence (12.3%). Many of them message businesses before or after their shift.
26,880 people lived in Longbenton at the 2021 Census, 12.5% of North Tyneside's population. That is a lot of customers who would rather message than call.
63.1% of Longbenton households own their home, with 24.4% who rent from a council or housing association and 12.5% who rent privately. Local businesses hear from all three, at all hours.