Equality and diversity report

Appendix 1: Gateshead Council equality data (March 24)

Gateshead Council equality data at 31 March 2024 (non-schools based workforce)
	2022	% of workforce	2023	% of workforce	2024	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	4478	100	4448	100	4645	100
Sex
Male	1729	38.61	1739	39.10	1835	39.50	49.40
Female	2749	61.39	2709	60.90	2810	60.50	50.60
Age
19 and under	42	0.94	61	1.37	45	0.97	4.7 (16-19)
20 to 25	214	4.78	271	6.09	244	5.25	6.2
26 to 30	266	5.94	305	6.86	343	7.38	6.7
31 to 35	322	7.19	309	6.95	322	6.93	6.8
36 to 40	512	11.43	491	11.04	507	10.91	6.7
41 to 45	507	11.32	539	12.12	562	12.10	6.2
46 to 50	552	12.33	482	10.84	499	10.74	5.6
51 to 55	746	16.66	722	16.23	713	15.35	6.8
56 to 60	786	17.55	751	16.88	810	17.44	7.0
61 to 65	444	9.92	430	9.67	484	10.42	6.4
66 to 70	70	1.56	73	1.64	101	2.17	5.4
71+	17	0.38	14	0.31	14	0.30	5.0 (71-75)
Disability
Identified themselves as disabled	105	2.34	119	2.68	162	3.49	28.7 (working age 16-64 disabled)
Do not perceive themselves as disabled	2593	57.91	2745	61.71	3021	65.04	78.3
Prefer not to say	0	0	25	0.56	0	0	n/a
Not stated	1780	39.75	1559	35.05	1462	3.15	n/a
Ethnicity (race)
White British	3737	83.45	3660	82.28	3930	84.61	90.3
Asian or Asian British	22	0.49	27	0.62	32	0.69	2.5
Black or Black British	14	0.31	13	0.29	18	0.39	1.1
Mixed	16	0.36	17	0.38	19	0.41	1.2
Other ethnic groups	7	0.16	6	0.13	6	0.13	1.6
Not stated	682	15.23	666	14.97	640	13.78	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	1258	28.81	1243	27.95	1334	28.72	50.8
Buddhist	6	0.13	<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	12	0.27	19	0.43	17	0.37	2.1
Sikh	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	<5	<0.5	0.2
Other religion	61	1.36	59	1.33	59	1.27	0.4
No religion	979	21.86	1138	25.58	1326	28.54	40.1
Prefer not to say	51	1.14	64	1.44	71	1.53	n/a
Not stated	2105	47.01	1914	43.03	1826	39.31	4.5
Relationship status
Married (Includes small unknown number who have separated or live apart in civil partnership)	1918	42.83	1833	41.21	1925	41.44	44.4
Civil Partnership	19	0.42	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)	1727	38.57	1820	40.91	1885	40.85	55.5
Prefer not to say	595	13.29	207	4.65	0	0	n/a
Not stated	219	4.89	573	12.88	815	17.55	n/a
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	2147	47.96	2360	53.06	2661	57.29	91.1
Bisexual	23	0.51	26	0.58	34	0.73	1.2
Gay man	25	0.56	24	0.54	32	0.69	1.9
Gay woman	23	0.51	26	0.58	36	0.78	1.9
Prefer not to say	877	19.58	95	2.14	96	2.07	n/a
Not stated	1383	30.88	1917	43.10	1786	38.45	5.5
Pregnancy and maternity
Pregnancy and maternity	83	1.85	147	3.30	55	1.18	1

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