Equality and diversity report

Appendix 1: Gateshead Council equality data (March 25)

Gateshead Council equality data at 31 March 2024 (non-schools based workforce)
	2025	% of workforce	2023	% of workforce	2024	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	5129	100	4448	100	4645	100
Sex
Male	1983	38.66	1739	39.10	1835	39.50	49.40
Female	3146	61.34	2709	60.90	2810	60.50	50.60
Age
19 and under	74	1.45	61	1.37	45	0.97	4.7 (16-19)
20 to 25	352	5.88	271	6.09	244	5.25	6.2
26 to 30	409	7.99	305	6.86	343	7.38	6.7
31 to 35	403	7.87	309	6.95	322	6.93	6.8
36 to 40	535	10.45	491	11.04	507	10.91	6.7
41 to 45	628	12.27	539	12.12	562	12.10	6.2
46 to 50	535	10.45	482	10.84	499	10.74	5.6
51 to 55	747	14.59	722	16.23	713	15.35	6.8
56 to 60	816	15.94	751	16.88	810	17.44	7.0
61 to 65	496	9.69	430	9.67	484	10.42	6.4
66 to 70	105	2.05	73	1.64	101	2.17	5.4
71+	19	0.37	14	0.31	14	0.30	5.0 (71-75)
Disability
Identified themselves as disabled	216	4.21	119	2.68	162	3.49	28.7 (working age 16-64 disabled)
Do not perceive themselves as disabled	3421	66.7	2745	61.71	3021	65.04	78.3
Prefer not to say	0	0	25	0.56	0	0	n/a
Not stated	1492	29.09	1559	35.05	1462	3.15	n/a
Ethnicity (race)
White British	4392	85.63	3660	82.28	3930	84.61	90.3
Asian or Asian British	50	0.97	27	0.62	32	0.69	2.5
Black or Black British	22	0.43	13	0.29	18	0.39	1.1
Mixed	27	0.53	17	0.38	19	0.41	1.2
Other ethnic groups	0	0	6	0.13	6	0.13	1.6
Not stated	628	12.24	666	14.97	640	13.78	n/a
Prefer not to say	10	0.19					n/a
Gender reassignment
At the end of 2023-24 financial year there were no employees who declared gender reassignment.							0.2%
Religion or belief
Christian	1511	29.46	1243	27.95	1334	28.72	50.8
Buddhist	7	0.14	<5	<0.5	7	0.15	0.2
Hindu	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	0.3
Jewish	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	1.5
Muslim	23	0.45	19	0.43	17	0.37	2.1
Sikh	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	0.2
Other religion	64	1.25	59	1.33	59	1.27	0.4
No religion	1573	30.67	1138	25.58	1326	28.54	40.1
Prefer not to say	87	1.7	64	1.44	71	1.53	n/a
Not stated	1857	36.21	1914	43.03	1826	39.31	4.5
Relationship status
Married (Includes small unknown number who have separated or live apart in civil partnership)	2123	41.43	1833	41.21	1925	41.44	44.4
Civil Partnership	24	0.47	15	0.34	20	0.43	0.2
Not married or in a civil partnership (Includes small unknown number who have divorced or widowed from a civil partnership)	2168	42.27	1820	40.91	1885	40.85	55.5
Prefer not to say	607	11.83	207	4.65	0	0	n/a
Not stated	207	4.04	573	12.88	815	17.55	n/a
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	3082	60.09	2360	53.06	2661	57.29	91.1
Bisexual	50	0.97	26	0.58	34	0.73	1.2
Gay man	39	0.76	24	0.54	32	0.69	1.9
Gay woman	46	0.9	26	0.58	36	0.78	1.9
Prefer not to say	114	2.22	95	2.14	96	2.07	n/a
Not stated	1798	35.06	1917	43.10	1786	38.45	5.5
Pregnancy and maternity
Pregnancy and maternity	50	0.64	147	3.30	55	1.18	1

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