United Kingdom: North East England

Contents: Local Authority Districts and Wards

The population of the local authority districts and wards of North East England by census results and latest official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21
County Durham	Unitary County	493,470	513,242	522,068	→
Annfield Plain	Ward	7,563	7,774	8,078	→
Aycliffe East	Ward	8,361	8,256	8,318	→
Aycliffe North and Middridge	Ward	10,329	10,524	10,757	→
Aycliffe West	Ward	8,037	8,165	7,754	→
Barnard Castle East	Ward	8,080	8,320	8,357	→
Barnard Castle West	Ward	8,141	8,606	8,296	→
Belmont	Ward	13,591	13,732	13,624	→
Benfieldside	Ward	7,983	7,898	8,171	→
Bishop Auckland Town	Ward	7,366	7,760	7,893	→
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth	Ward	3,744	3,776	3,684	→
Blackhalls	Ward	8,333	8,047	7,874	→
Brandon	Ward	9,082	9,566	10,266	→
Burnopfield and Dipton	Ward	7,548	7,935	7,920	→
Chester-le-Street East	Ward	3,871	3,961	3,448	→
Chester-le-Street North	Ward	3,780	4,030	3,789	→
Chester-le-Street South	Ward	7,726	7,693	7,268	→
Chester-le-Street West Central	Ward	7,600	7,678	7,905	→
Chilton	Ward	4,100	3,956	4,695	→
Consett North	Ward	6,787	8,042	7,872	→
Consett South	Ward	3,233	3,946	5,484	→
Coundon	Ward	4,316	4,222	4,353	→
Coxhoe	Ward	11,129	11,777	13,050	→
Craghead and South Moor	Ward	7,404	7,669	8,500	→
Crook	Ward	10,827	12,117	12,333	→
Dawdon	Ward	8,146	8,416	8,723	→
Deerness	Ward	11,921	12,244	12,836	→
Delves Lane	Ward	6,142	8,279	8,358	→
Deneside	Ward	7,837	7,351	6,964	→
Durham South	Ward	1,729	1,796	1,497	→
Easington	Ward	7,483	7,693	7,641	→
Elvet and Gilesgate	Ward	6,965	9,110	9,548	→
Esh and Witton Gilbert	Ward	7,875	7,971	7,923	→
Evenwood	Ward	8,237	8,114	8,059	→
Ferryhill	Ward	11,756	11,132	11,044	→
Framwellgate and Newton Hall	Ward	13,272	13,721	13,917	→
Horden	Ward	8,524	8,087	7,203	→
Lanchester	Ward	7,243	7,446	7,636	→
Leadgate and Medomsley	Ward	8,489	8,870	8,638	→
Lumley	Ward	7,463	7,537	7,276	→
Murton	Ward	7,243	7,975	7,616	→
Neville's Cross	Ward	9,604	11,506	13,625	→
North Lodge	Ward	3,259	3,294	3,905	→
Passfield	Ward	4,923	4,651	4,539	→
Pelton	Ward	13,033	12,768	12,842	→
Peterlee East	Ward	7,995	7,234	7,718	→
Peterlee West	Ward	8,944	8,279	8,073	→
Sacriston	Ward	6,960	7,156	7,581	→
Seaham	Ward	5,480	6,923	6,586	→
Sedgefield	Ward	7,397	8,192	8,157	→
Sherburn	Ward	8,222	8,476	8,490	→
Shildon and Dene Valley	Ward	13,301	13,280	13,497	→
Shotton and South Hetton	Ward	7,890	8,639	9,328	→
Spennymoor	Ward	10,177	10,542	11,415	→
Stanley	Ward	8,423	9,053	8,745	→
Tanfield	Ward	7,610	8,270	7,993	→
Tow Law	Ward	4,333	4,515	4,642	→
Trimdon and Thornley	Ward	13,079	13,082	12,755	→
Tudhoe	Ward	7,901	8,082	9,533	→
Weardale	Ward	7,775	8,063	7,828	→
West Auckland	Ward	7,669	8,509	8,787	→
Willington and Hunwick	Ward	7,959	8,852	8,955	→
Wingate	Ward	3,590	4,168	4,266	→
Woodhouse Close	Ward	8,690	8,516	8,238	→
Darlington	Unitary District	97,838	105,564	107,799	→
Bank Top & Lascelles	Ward	6,830	7,774	7,101	→
Brinkburn & Faverdale	Ward	4,556	6,410	6,829	→
Cockerton	Ward	6,220	6,077	6,325	→
College	Ward	3,732	4,163	4,284	→
Eastbourne	Ward	5,087	6,516	6,354	→
Harrowgate Hill	Ward	6,147	6,253	6,470	→
Haughton & Springfield	Ward	6,449	6,305	6,311	→
Heighington & Coniscliffe	Ward	3,478	4,396	4,757	→
Hummersknott	Ward	3,873	3,764	3,701	→
Hurworth	Ward	3,198	3,173	3,689	→
Mowden	Ward	3,645	3,708	3,817	→
Northgate	Ward	4,151	4,403	4,145	→
North Road	Ward	6,716	6,702	6,212	→
Park East	Ward	7,133	7,754	7,588	→
Park West	Ward	4,020	4,315	4,262	→
Pierremont	Ward	6,397	6,299	5,842	→
Red Hall & Lingfield	Ward	3,594	3,579	4,673	→
Sadberge & Middleton St George	Ward	5,127	6,111	6,761	→
Stephenson	Ward	3,281	3,855	4,839	→
Whinfield	Ward	4,202	4,007	3,837	→
Gateshead	Metropolitan Borough	191,151	200,214	196,151	→
Birtley	Ward	8,020	8,367	8,274	→
Blaydon	Ward	9,835	10,365	9,859	→
Bridges	Ward	6,787	9,012	8,957	→
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill	Ward	9,325	9,395	8,831	→
Chowdene	Ward	9,147	9,091	8,747	→
Crawcrook and Greenside	Ward	8,552	8,841	9,056	→
Deckham	Ward	9,470	9,938	9,544	→
Dunston and Teams	Ward	7,826	9,127	8,517	→
Dunston Hill and Whickham East	Ward	9,124	9,199	8,786	→
Felling	Ward	8,668	8,908	8,891	→
High Fell	Ward	9,737	9,716	9,202	→
Lamesley	Ward	8,320	8,862	9,970	→
Lobley Hill and Bensham	Ward	9,461	10,638	10,053	→
Low Fell	Ward	8,364	8,636	8,309	→
Pelaw and Heworth	Ward	8,453	9,100	8,623	→
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella	Ward	8,074	8,146	8,822	→
Saltwell	Ward	9,405	9,659	9,964	→
Wardley and Leam Lane	Ward	8,054	8,327	7,841	→
Whickham North	Ward	7,856	8,451	7,733	→
Whickham South and Sunniside	Ward	8,499	8,313	8,173	→
Windy Nook and Whitehills	Ward	9,785	9,781	9,488	→
Winlaton and High Spen	Ward	8,392	8,342	8,517	→
Hartlepool	Unitary District	88,611	92,028	92,338	→
Burn Valley	Ward	8,190	8,499	7,631	→
De Bruce	Ward	7,426	7,932	8,055	→
Fens & Greatham	Ward	6,843	6,619	6,380	→
Foggy Furze	Ward	9,300	8,459	8,154	→
Hart	Ward	4,755	6,531	7,644	→
Headland & Harbour	Ward	8,298	8,358	8,134	→
Manor House	Ward	8,293	8,415	8,542	→
Rossmere	Ward	7,157	7,793	7,515	→
Rural West	Ward	5,221	6,159	7,348	→
Seaton	Ward	6,342	6,865	7,194	→
Throston	Ward	7,468	7,653	8,255	→
Victoria	Ward	9,320	8,745	7,488	→
Middlesbrough	Unitary District	134,855	138,412	143,924	→
Acklam	Ward	5,293	5,676	5,898	→
Ayresome	Ward	6,131	6,072	6,309	→
Berwick Hills & Pallister	Ward	9,368	9,368	9,065	→
Brambles & Thorntree	Ward	8,907	9,051	9,314	→
Central	Ward	9,232	10,897	11,490	→
Coulby Newham	Ward	8,657	8,967	8,340	→
Hemlington	Ward	7,024	6,906	6,568	→
Kader	Ward	5,130	5,141	4,809	→
Ladgate	Ward	5,745	5,583	5,513	→
Linthorpe	Ward	5,960	6,720	6,708	→
Longlands & Beechwood	Ward	9,910	10,519	11,232	→
Marton East	Ward	4,866	4,728	6,070	→
Marton West	Ward	5,210	5,305	5,337	→
Newport	Ward	11,112	11,140	10,776	→
North Ormesby	Ward	3,317	3,122	3,264	→
Nunthorpe	Ward	4,705	4,866	5,339	→
Park	Ward	9,014	9,669	9,587	→
Park End & Beckfield	Ward	8,407	8,112	8,328	→
Stainton & Thornton	Ward	1,926	1,938	3,668	→
Trimdon	Ward	4,943	4,632	6,305	→
Newcastle upon Tyne	Metropolitan Borough	259,536	280,177	300,125	→
Arthur's Hill	Ward	8,599	11,029	13,278	→
Benwell & Scotswood	Ward	13,233	11,723	12,999	→
Blakelaw	Ward	9,425	10,369	11,468	→
Byker	Ward	10,128	11,419	12,032	→
Callerton & Throckley	Ward	9,062	9,447	10,509	→
Castle	Ward	7,909	8,218	14,201	→
Chapel	Ward	10,180	9,645	9,331	→
Dene & South Gosforth	Ward	9,684	9,967	9,652	→
Denton & Westerhope	Ward	12,421	12,169	12,385	→
Elswick	Ward	11,837	14,288	16,126	→
Fawdon & West Gosforth	Ward	10,595	10,499	9,910	→
Gosforth	Ward	10,209	10,847	10,543	→
Heaton	Ward	10,503	11,633	10,594	→
Kenton	Ward	10,696	10,801	11,528	→
Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall	Ward	10,561	10,692	10,750	→
Lemington	Ward	10,880	10,518	10,207	→
Manor Park	Ward	9,753	10,213	9,442	→
Monument	Ward	5,653	9,685	13,619	→
North Jesmond	Ward	7,940	10,423	10,578	→
Ouseburn	Ward	6,672	8,699	12,644	→
Parklands	Ward	9,137	11,440	11,763	→
South Jesmond	Ward	8,060	10,505	9,786	→
Walker	Ward	11,817	11,701	11,825	→
Walkergate	Ward	12,391	11,940	12,407	→
West Fenham	Ward	10,595	10,646	10,875	→
Wingrove	Ward	11,588	11,661	11,670	→
North Tyneside	Metropolitan Borough	191,659	200,801	208,967	→
Battle Hill	Ward	11,527	10,717	10,851	→
Benton	Ward	10,004	10,359	10,264	→
Camperdown	Ward	10,395	10,332	10,502	→
Chirton	Ward	10,920	11,925	11,700	→
Collingwood	Ward	10,739	11,067	11,289	→
Cullercoats	Ward	9,407	9,202	9,356	→
Howdon	Ward	10,303	11,129	11,175	→
Killingworth	Ward	8,778	9,746	11,807	→
Longbenton	Ward	8,865	10,617	11,373	→
Monkseaton North	Ward	9,344	9,200	9,006	→
Monkseaton South	Ward	9,263	9,844	9,626	→
Northumberland	Ward	8,312	8,186	9,349	→
Preston	Ward	8,440	8,419	8,008	→
Riverside	Ward	9,953	11,431	11,953	→
St Mary's	Ward	8,541	8,242	8,882	→
Tynemouth	Ward	9,802	10,472	10,256	→
Valley	Ward	8,572	10,972	13,839	→
Wallsend	Ward	9,728	10,304	10,398	→
Weetslade	Ward	9,371	9,221	9,970	→
Whitley Bay	Ward	9,396	9,416	9,364	→
Northumberland	Unitary County	307,190	316,028	320,567	→
Alnwick	Ward	9,466	9,835	10,322	→
Amble	Ward	4,843	4,946	5,082	→
Amble West with Warkworth	Ward	4,037	4,172	4,093	→
Ashington Central	Ward	5,176	4,968	4,710	→
Bamburgh	Ward	4,310	4,673	4,189	→
Bedlington Central	Ward	5,175	5,186	5,106	→
Bedlington East	Ward	4,460	4,818	4,562	→
Bedlington West	Ward	4,210	4,505	4,610	→
Bellingham	Ward	3,853	4,074	3,761	→
Berwick East	Ward	4,731	4,874	4,715	→
Berwick North	Ward	4,205	4,477	4,331	→
Berwick West with Ord	Ward	4,097	4,066	4,242	→
Bothal	Ward	4,115	4,448	4,904	→
Bywell	Ward	4,624	4,534	4,450	→
Choppington	Ward	4,620	4,792	4,570	→
College	Ward	5,302	5,128	4,758	→
Corbridge	Ward	4,029	4,191	4,014	→
Cowpen	Ward	4,394	4,432	4,161	→
Cramlington East	Ward	4,021	4,111	4,313	→
Cramlington Eastfield	Ward	5,813	5,461	5,106	→
Cramlington North	Ward	5,291	5,130	4,791	→
Cramlington South East	Ward	4,984	4,646	4,456	→
Cramlington Village	Ward	4,385	4,503	4,346	→
Cramlington West	Ward	5,904	5,562	7,065	→
Croft	Ward	4,978	4,726	4,580	→
Druridge Bay	Ward	5,499	6,488	6,746	→
Haltwhistle	Ward	4,926	4,832	4,650	→
Hartley	Ward	4,772	4,923	4,722	→
Haydon	Ward	4,781	4,639	4,213	→
Haydon and Hadrian	Ward	4,168	4,454	4,443	→
Hexham Central with Acomb	Ward	4,492	4,691	4,464	→
Hexham East	Ward	3,908	4,185	4,312	→
Hexham West	Ward	4,230	4,221	3,869	→
Hirst	Ward	5,247	5,572	5,100	→
Holywell	Ward	5,462	5,298	4,854	→
Humshaugh	Ward	4,129	4,167	4,141	→
Isabella	Ward	4,773	4,835	4,491	→
Kitty Brewster	Ward	4,651	5,494	7,343	→
Longhorsley	Ward	3,678	3,938	4,506	→
Longhoughton	Ward	4,187	4,712	4,325	→
Lynemouth	Ward	4,510	4,636	4,439	→
Morpeth Kirkhill	Ward	4,900	4,872	5,343	→
Morpeth North	Ward	4,492	4,695	4,608	→
Morpeth Stobhill	Ward	4,667	4,836	4,815	→
Newbiggin Central and East	Ward	4,440	4,710	4,433	→
Newsham	Ward	4,588	4,742	5,384	→
Norham and Islandshires	Ward	4,146	4,323	4,131	→
Pegswood	Ward	5,040	4,844	5,855	→
Plessey	Ward	4,199	3,998	3,721	→
Ponteland East and Stannington	Ward	3,948	4,016	4,942	→
Ponteland North	Ward	4,671	4,869	5,333	→
Ponteland South with Heddon	Ward	4,189	4,215	4,132	→
Ponteland West	Ward	3,786	3,969	4,309	→
Prudhoe North	Ward	5,326	5,535	5,038	→
Prudhoe South	Ward	4,943	5,318	5,697	→
Rothbury	Ward	4,512	4,996	4,868	→
Seaton with Newbiggin West	Ward	4,358	4,632	6,111	→
Seghill with Seaton Delaval	Ward	4,815	5,201	5,953	→
Shilbottle	Ward	4,307	4,925	5,413	→
Sleekburn	Ward	4,366	4,284	4,290	→
South Blyth	Ward	4,156	4,834	4,683	→
South Tynedale	Ward	4,967	4,856	4,720	→
Stakeford	Ward	4,890	4,672	4,435	→
Stocksfield and Broomhaugh	Ward	4,793	4,799	4,784	→
Wensleydale	Ward	4,078	4,278	5,365	→
Wooler	Ward	4,178	4,266	4,349	→
Redcar and Cleveland	Unitary District	139,132	135,177	136,531	→
Belmont	Ward	4,812	4,482	4,528	→
Brotton	Ward	7,113	7,000	6,843	→
Coatham	Ward	5,056	5,057	4,844	→
Dormanstown	Ward	5,215	4,807	4,650	→
Eston	Ward	8,094	7,731	7,419	→
Grangetown	Ward	7,304	6,514	6,388	→
Guisborough	Ward	7,403	7,622	7,642	→
Hutton	Ward	5,892	5,673	6,704	→
Kirkleatham	Ward	6,950	7,080	7,565	→
Lockwood	Ward	2,661	2,540	2,330	→
Loftus	Ward	7,075	6,382	6,367	→
Longbeck	Ward	4,528	4,339	3,974	→
Newcomen	Ward	5,472	4,968	5,146	→
Normanby	Ward	6,826	6,603	6,609	→
Ormesby	Ward	6,717	6,269	6,461	→
Saltburn	Ward	5,912	5,958	6,440	→
Skelton East	Ward	3,625	3,978	4,383	→
Skelton West	Ward	3,712	4,644	4,448	→
South Bank	Ward	6,310	4,885	5,433	→
St Germain's	Ward	7,666	7,214	6,596	→
Teesville	Ward	6,617	6,028	6,004	→
West Dyke	Ward	6,488	6,227	5,950	→
Wheatlands	Ward	2,913	4,585	5,440	→
Zetland	Ward	4,771	4,591	4,367	→
South Tyneside	Metropolitan Borough	152,785	148,127	147,776	→
Beacon and Bents	Ward	8,934	9,175	8,796	→
Bede	Ward	7,853	7,621	7,527	→
Biddick and All Saints	Ward	8,967	8,678	9,024	→
Boldon Colliery	Ward	9,325	9,227	9,090	→
Cleadon and East Boldon	Ward	8,741	8,457	8,376	→
Cleadon Park	Ward	8,328	6,890	7,614	→
Fellgate and Hedworth	Ward	8,025	7,783	7,341	→
Harton	Ward	8,793	8,409	8,187	→
Hebburn North	Ward	8,911	9,067	9,464	→
Hebburn South	Ward	7,689	7,425	9,451	→
Horsley Hill	Ward	8,569	9,064	8,594	→
Monkton	Ward	8,734	8,252	8,410	→
Primrose	Ward	7,962	8,001	7,720	→
Simonside and Rekendyke	Ward	9,266	8,628	8,669	→
Westoe	Ward	8,589	8,367	7,841	→
West Park	Ward	7,801	7,376	6,637	→
Whitburn and Marsden	Ward	7,689	7,448	7,170	→
Whiteleas	Ward	8,611	8,259	7,865	→
Stockton-on-Tees	Unitary District	178,408	191,610	196,595	→
Billingham Central	Ward	6,825	7,244	7,119	→
Billingham East	Ward	7,217	7,574	6,806	→
Billingham North	Ward	8,982	9,141	8,591	→
Billingham South	Ward	6,679	6,762	6,294	→
Billingham West	Ward	5,888	5,444	5,110	→
Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree	Ward	6,611	6,689	6,261	→
Eaglescliffe	Ward	9,830	10,449	10,834	→
Fairfield	Ward	6,042	5,736	5,430	→
Grangefield	Ward	6,397	6,717	6,528	→
Hardwick and Salters Lane	Ward	6,761	6,881	7,926	→
Hartburn	Ward	6,929	6,615	6,346	→
Ingleby Barwick East	Ward	7,250	10,165	10,647	→
Ingleby Barwick West	Ward	7,734	10,880	13,425	→
Mandale and Victoria	Ward	9,733	11,260	10,508	→
Newtown	Ward	6,996	7,410	7,113	→
Northern Parishes	Ward	2,302	3,361	4,956	→
Norton North	Ward	6,428	6,700	6,494	→
Norton South	Ward	7,748	7,843	7,742	→
Norton West	Ward	6,151	6,286	6,066	→
Parkfield and Oxbridge	Ward	6,627	7,840	9,722	→
Roseworth	Ward	7,509	7,500	7,207	→
Stainsby Hill	Ward	6,676	6,518	6,072	→
Stockton Town Centre	Ward	5,859	6,512	7,979	→
Village	Ward	6,211	6,963	6,771	→
Western Parishes	Ward	3,046	3,375	3,635	→
Yarm	Ward	9,978	9,745	11,015	→
Sunderland	Metropolitan Borough	280,807	275,506	274,171	→
Barnes	Ward	10,949	10,987	10,767	→
Castle	Ward	11,689	10,968	10,786	→
Copt Hill	Ward	12,335	11,188	12,072	→
Doxford	Ward	11,407	9,870	10,043	→
Fulwell	Ward	11,454	11,272	10,741	→
Hendon	Ward	12,003	12,597	11,458	→
Hetton	Ward	11,222	11,046	12,052	→
Houghton	Ward	11,384	11,241	13,259	→
Millfield	Ward	12,161	11,958	10,616	→
Pallion	Ward	11,540	10,117	11,357	→
Redhill	Ward	12,351	11,388	11,204	→
Ryhope	Ward	9,781	10,484	11,415	→
Sandhill	Ward	11,202	11,128	10,502	→
Shiney Row	Ward	11,611	12,549	12,291	→
Silksworth	Ward	10,880	10,531	10,237	→
Southwick	Ward	11,740	10,535	10,823	→
St Anne's	Ward	10,468	11,067	10,722	→
St Chad's	Ward	10,006	9,449	9,264	→
St Michael's	Ward	9,507	10,998	10,323	→
St Peter's	Ward	10,601	10,937	9,914	→
Washington Central	Ward	11,854	11,041	10,851	→
Washington East	Ward	11,172	10,772	11,701	→
Washington North	Ward	11,335	11,297	10,537	→
Washington South	Ward	10,635	10,253	9,848	→
Washington West	Ward	11,521	11,833	11,390	→
North East England	Region	2,515,442	2,596,886	2,647,013

Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Explanation: Wards as at December 2022. All area and population figures of wards are based on output areas. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual ward boundaries that are depicted in the map.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	1,293,394
Females	1,353,618

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	525,305
18-64 years	1,581,148
65+ years	540,559

Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years	139,284
70-79 years	249,626
60-69 years	326,886
50-59 years	375,719
40-49 years	311,186
30-39 years	331,374
20-29 years	323,659
10-19 years	304,500
0-9 years	284,778

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	2,467,870
EU	61,727
Europe (other)	6,833
Middle East & Asia	71,693
Africa	26,473
Other country	12,417

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	2,462,720
Asian	98,046
Black	26,635
Arab	10,406
Mixed/multiple	33,271
Other ethnic group	15,936

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	1,343,948
Muslim	72,102
Hindu	10,924
Sikh	7,206
Buddhist	7,026
Jewish	4,389
Other religion	9,950
No religion	1,058,122