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Whole Population Profile (updated July 2025)

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Age
	0-19	20-49	50-64	65+
Number	45,334	76,321	39,784	41,321
%	22.4	37.6	19.6	20.4

^{(Source: Mid Year Population Estimates 2024, ONS)}

Sex
	Male	Female
Number	100,425	102,335
%	49.5	50.5

^{(Source: Mid Year Population Estimates 2024, ONS)}

Sexual orientation
	Heterosexual	Gay or Lesbian	Bisexual	Other	Not stated
Number	147,379	3,087	1,939	470	8,874
%	91.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	5.5

^{(Source: Census 2021, ONS)}

Ethnicity
	All	White			Mixed				Asian					Black			Other
%	100%	93.5%			1.2%				2.5%					1.1%			1.6%
	All	British	Irish	Other white	White and Black Caribbean	White and Black African	White and Asian	Other mixed	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Other Asian	African	Caribbean	Other Black	Other
Number	196,149	177,131	710	5,648	384	547	872	590	1,027	944	379	1,146	1,429	1,852	109	253	3,128
%	n/a	90.3	0.4	2.9	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.1	0.1	1.6

^{(Source: Census 2021, ONS)}

Disability
	People whose daily activities are limited	Working age (16-64) disabled	Confidence interval (+/-)
Number	42,584	33,500	n/a
%	21.7	26.0	4.3

^{(Source: Activities limited - Census 2021, ONS / EA Core or work limiting disabled - Annual Population survey Apr 2024 - Mar 2025, ONS))}

Religion
	All people	Christian	Buddhist	Hindu	Jewish	Muslim	Sikh	Other	None	Not stated
Number	196,153	99,572	469	522	2,905	4,126	386	797	78,572	8,804
%	n/a	50.8	0.2	0.3	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	40.1	4.5

^{(Source: Census 2021, ONS)}

Council Workforce - does not include schools workforce (Updated March 2025)

Gateshead Council Workforce Equalities Data
	2023	% of workforce	2024	% of workforce	2025	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	4448	100	4645	100	5129	100	n/a
Sex
Male	1739	39.10	1835	39.50	1983	38.66	49.4
Female	2709	60.90	2810	60.50	3146	61.34	50.6
Age
19 and under	61	1.37	45	0.97	74	1.45	4.7 (16-19)
20 to 25	271	6.09	244	5.25	352	5.88	6.2
26 to 30	305	6.86	343	7.38	409	7.99	6.7
31 to 35	309	6.95	322	6.93	403	7.87	6.8
36 to 40	491	11.04	507	10.91	535	10.45	6.7
41 to 45	539	12.12	562	12.10	628	12.27	6.2
46 to 50	482	10.84	499	10.74	535	10.45	5.6
51 to 55	722	16.23	713	15.35	747	14.59	6.8
56 to 60	751	16.88	810	17.44	816	15.94	7.0
61 to 65	430	9.67	484	10.42	496	9.69	6.4
66 to 70	73	1.64	101	2.17	105	2.05	5.4
71+	14	0.31	14	0.30	19	0.37	5.0 (71-75)
Disability
Identified themselves as disabled	119	2.68	162	3.49	216	4.21	28.7 (working age 16-64 disabled)
Do not perceive themselves as disabled	2745	61.71	3021	65.04	3421	66.7	78.3
Prefer not to say	25	0.56	0	0	0	0	n/a
Not stated	1559	35.05	1462	3.15	1492	29.09	n/a
Ethnicity (race)
White British	3660	82.28	3930	84.61	4392	85.63	90.3
Asian or Asian British	27	0.62	32	0.69	50	0.97	2.5
Black or Black British	13	0.29	18	0.39	22	0.43	1.1
Mixed	17	0.38	19	0.41	27	0.53	1.2
Other ethnic groups	65	1.46	6	0.13	0	0	1.6
Not stated	666	14.97	640	13.78	628	12.24	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	1243	27.95	1334	28.72	1511	29.46	50.8
Buddhist	<5	0.11	7	0.15	7	0.14	0.2
Hindu	<5	0.07	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	0.3
Jewish	<5	0.02	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	1.5
Muslim	19	0.43	17	0.37	23	0.45	2.1
Sikh	<5	0.04	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	0.2
Other religion	59	1.33	59	1.27	64	1.25	0.4
No religion	1138	25.58	1326	28.54	1573	30.67	40.1
Prefer not to say	64	1.44	71	1.53	87	1.7	n/a
Not stated	1914	43.03	1826	39.31	1857	36.21	4.5
Relationship status
Married (Includes small unknown number who have separated or live apart in civil partnership)	1833	41.21	1925	41.44	2123	41.43	44.4
Civil Partnership	15	0.34	20	0.43	24	0.47	0.2
Not married or in a civil partnership (Includes small unknown number who have divorced or widowed from a civil partnership)	1820	40.91	1885	40.85	2168	42.27	55.5
Prefer not to say	207	4.65	0	0	607	11.83	n/a
Not stated	573	12.88	815	17.55	207	4.04	n/a
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	2360	53.06	2661	57.29	3082	60.09	91.1
Bisexual	26	0.58	34	0.73	50	0.97	1.2
Gay man	24	0.54	32	0.69	39	0.76	1.9
Gay woman	26	0.58	36	0.78	46	0.9	1.9
Prefer not to say	95	2.14	96	2.07	114	2.22	n/a
Not stated	1917	43.10	1786	38.45	1798	35.06	5.5
Pregnancy and maternity
Pregnancy and maternity	147	3.30	55	1.18	50	0.64	1

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