Equality and diversity report

Appendix 1: Gateshead Council equalities data

Gateshead Council equalities data at 31 March 2023
	2021	% of workforce	2022	% of workforce	2023	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	3782	100	4478	100	4448	100
Sex
Male	1303	34.45	1729	38.61	1739	39.10	49
Female	2479	65.55	2749	61.39	2709	60.90	51
Age
19 and under	21	0.56	42	0.94	61	1.37	21.6
20 to 25	149	3.94	214	4.78	271	6.09	6.5
26 to 30	162	4.28	266	5.94	305	6.86	6.6
31 to 35	266	7.03	322	7.19	309	6.95	6.7
36 to 40	426	11.26	512	11.43	491	11.04	6.6
41 to 45	392	10.36	507	11.32	539	12.12	5.9
46 to50	477	12.61	552	12.33	482	10.84	6.4
51 to 55	709	18.76	746	16.66	722	16.23	7.2
56 to 60	714	18.88	786	17.55	751	16.88	7.1
61 to 65	380	10.05	444	9.92	430	9.67	6.2
66 to 70	73	1.93	70	1.56	73	1.64	5.3
71+	13	0.34	17	0.38	14	0.31	13.8
Disability
Identified themselves as disabled	86	2.27	105	2.34	119	2.68	21.7
Do not perceive themselves as disabled	2442	64.57	2593	57.91	2745	61.71	78
Prefer not to say	0	0	0	0	25	0.56	n/a
Not stated	1254	33.16	1780	39.75	1559	35.05	n/a
Ethnicity (race)
White British	3439	90.93	3737	83.45	3660	82.28	90.3
Asian or Asian British	20	0.53	22	0.49	27	0.62	2.5
Black or Black British	11	0.29	14	0.31	13	0.29	1.1
Mixed	8	0.21	16	0.36	17	0.38	1.2
Other ethnic groups	6	0.16	7	0.16	65	1.46	1.6
Not stated	298	7.88	682	15.23	666	14.97	n/a
Gender reassignment
At the end of 2022/23 financial year there were no employees who declared gender reassignment.							0.2%
Religion or belief
Christian	1110	29.35	1258	28.81	1243	27.95	50.8
Buddhist	5	0.13	6	0.13	<5	0.11	0.2
Hindu	2	0.05	2	0.04	<5	0.07	0.3
Jewish	2	0.05	2	0.04	<5	0.02	1.5
Muslim	11	0.29	12	0.27	19	0.43	2.1
Sikh	2	0.05	2	0.04	<5	0.04	0.2
Other religion	51	1.35	61	1.36	59	1.33	0.4
No religion	751	19.86	979	21.86	1138	25.58	40.1
Prefer not to say	41	1.08	51	1.14	64	1.44	n/a
Not stated	1807	47.79	2105	47.01	1914	43.03	4.5
Relationship status
Married (Includes small unknown number who have separated or live apart in civil partnership)	1880	49.71	1918	42.83	1833	41.21	44.4
Civil Partnership	14	0.37	19	0.42	15	0.34	0.2
Single (Includes small unknown number who have divorced or widowed from a civil partnership)	1317	34.82	1496	33.41	1542	34.67	40.3
In a relationship	172	4.55	231	5.16	278	6.25	15.2 cohabiting
Prefer not to say	0	0	595	13.29	207	4.65	n/a
Not stated	399	10.55	219	4.89	573	12.88	n/a
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	1914	50.60	2147	47.96	2360	53.06	91.1
Bisexual	15	0.40	23	0.51	26	0.58	1.2
Gay man	20	0.53	25	0.56	24	0.54	1.9
Gay woman	16	0.42	23	0.51	26	0.58	1.9
Prefer not to say	91	2.41	877	19.58	95	2.14	n/a
Not stated	1726	45.64	1383	30.88	1917	43.10	5.5
Pregnancy and maternity
Pregnancy and maternity	151	3.99	83	1.85	147	3.30	1

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