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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 June 2026)

Gateshead Council Workforce Equalities Data
	2024	% of workforce	2025	% of workforce	2026	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	4645	100	5129	100	5036	100	n/a
Sex
Male	1835	39.50	1983	38.66	1953	38.78	49.4
Female	2810	60.50	3146	61.34	3083	61.22	50.6
Age
19 and under	45	0.97	74	1.45	74	1.47	4.7 (16-19)
20 to 25	244	5.25	352	5.88	315	6.25	6.2
26 to 30	343	7.38	409	7.99	428	8.50	6.7
31 to 35	322	6.93	403	7.87	404	8.02	6.8
36 to 40	507	10.91	535	10.45	517	10.27	6.7
41 to 45	562	12.10	628	12.27	625	12.41	6.2
46 to 50	499	10.74	535	10.45	566	11.24	5.6
51 to 55	713	15.35	747	14.59	688	13.66	6.8
56 to 60	810	17.44	816	15.94	752	14.93	7.0
61 to 65	484	10.42	496	9.69	521	10.35	6.4
66 to 70	101	2.17	105	2.05	115	2.28	5.4
71+	14	0.30	19	0.37	31	0.62	5.0 (71-75)
Disability
Identified themselves as disabled	162	3.49	216	4.21	244	4.85	28.7 (working age 16-64 disabled)
Do not perceive themselves as disabled	3021	65.04	3421	66.7	3437	68.25	78.3
Prefer not to say	0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a
Not stated	1462	3.15	1492	29.09	1355	26.91	n/a
Ethnicity (race)
White British	3930	84.61	4392	85.63	4166	82.72	90.3
Asian or Asian British	32	0.69	50	0.97	56	1.11	2.5
Black or Black British	18	0.39	22	0.43	35	0.69	1.1
Mixed	19	0.41	27	0.53	28	0.56	1.2
Other ethnic groups	6	0.13	0	0	85	1.69	1.6
Not stated	640	13.78	628	12.24	654	12.99	n/a
Gender reassignment
At the end of 2025/26 financial year there were no employees who declared gender reassignment.							0.2%
Religion or belief
Christian	1334	28.72	1511	29.46	1469	29.17	50.8
Buddhist	7	0.15	7	0.14	<10	<0.2	0.2
Hindu	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<10	<0.2	0.3
Jewish	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<10	<0.2	1.5
Muslim	17	0.37	23	0.45	28	0.56	2.1
Sikh	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<10	<0.2	0.2
Other religion	59	1.27	64	1.25	66	1.31	0.4
No religion	1326	28.54	1573	30.67	1694	33.64	40.1
Prefer not to say	71	1.53	87	1.7	92	1.83	n/a
Not stated	1826	39.31	1857	36.21	1672	0.33	4.5
Relationship status
Married (Includes small unknown number who have separated or live apart in civil partnership)	1925	41.44	2123	41.43	2015	40.01	44.4
Civil Partnership	20	0.43	24	0.47	32	0.64	0.2
Not married or in a civil partnership (Includes small unknown number who have divorced or widowed from a civil partnership)	1885	40.85	2168	42.27	2071	41.12	55.5
Prefer not to say	0	0	607	11.83	0	0	n/a
Not stated	815	17.55	207	4.04	918	18.23	n/a
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	2661	57.29	3082	60.09	3210	63.74	91.1
Bisexual	34	0.73	50	0.97	54	1.07	1.2
Gay man	32	0.69	39	0.76	42	0.83	1.9
Gay woman	36	0.78	46	0.9	58	1.15	1.9
Prefer not to say	96	2.07	114	2.22	103	2.05	n/a
Not stated	1786	38.45	1798	35.06	1569	31.16	5.5
Pregnancy and maternity
Pregnancy and maternity	55	1.18	50	0.64	32	0.64	1

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