United Kingdom: Tyne and Wear

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of Tyne and Wear.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Census 2021-03-21
Gateshead	Metropolitan Borough	213,400	201,700	191,200	200,349	196,151	→
Newcastle upon Tyne	Metropolitan Borough	284,200	275,000	266,200	279,092	300,125	→
North Tyneside	Metropolitan Borough	198,700	194,600	192,000	201,206	208,967	→
South Tyneside	Metropolitan Borough	161,900	156,700	152,800	148,164	147,776	→
Sunderland	Metropolitan Borough	298,100	295,900	284,600	275,330	274,171	→
Tyne and Wear	Metropolitan County	1,156,300	1,123,800	1,086,800	1,104,141	1,127,190

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	550,666
Females	576,524

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	221,780
18-64 years	691,136
65+ years	214,300

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	121,788
10-19 years	130,375
20-29 years	153,024
30-39 years	149,465
40-49 years	133,931
50-59 years	153,296
60-69 years	131,364
70-79 years	97,052
80-89 years	47,479
90+ years	9,442

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	1,028,214
EU	32,175
Europe (other)	3,904
Middle East & Asia	42,157
Africa	14,929
Other country	5,815

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,020,557
Asian	56,970
Black	16,867
Arab	6,382
Mixed/multiple	16,692
Other ethnic group	9,726

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	544,503
Muslim	42,121
Hindu	6,427
Sikh	3,648
Buddhist	3,211
Jewish	3,729
Other religion	4,207
No religion	463,776