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Whole Population Profile (updated July 2024)

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Age
	0-19	20-49	50-64	65+
Number	44,430	73,847	40,183	40,679
%	22.3	37.1	20.2	20.4

^{(Source: Mid Year Population Estimates 2023, ONS)}

Sex
	Male	Female
Number	98,377	100,762
%	49.4	50.6

^{(Source: Mid Year Population Estimates 2023, 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	37,800	n/a
%	21.7	28.7	4.4

^{(Source: Activities limited - Census 2021, ONS / EA Core or work limiting disabled - Annual Population survey Apr 2023 - Mar 2024, 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 2024)

Gateshead Council Workforce Equalities Data
	2022	% of workforce	2023	% of workforce	2024	% of workforce	% of Gateshead population
General
Headcount	4478	100	4448	100	4645	100	n/a
Sex
Male	1729	38.61	1739	39.10	1835	39.50	49.4
Female	2749	61.39	2709	60.90	2810	60.50	50.6
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	65	1.46	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	0.11	7	0.15	0.2
Hindu	<5	<0.5	<5	0.07	<5	<0.5	0.3
Jewish	<5	<0.5	<5	0.02	<5	<0.5	1.5
Muslim	12	0.27	19	0.43	17	0.37	2.1
Sikh	<5	<0.5	<5	0.04	<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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