South Tyneside: local statistics
South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the North East, home to an estimated 151,255 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over South Tyneside, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
151,255 people lived in South Tyneside in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +0.3% in a year. That is 4,025 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 2.7%, against +5.8% for the North East as a whole, the 2nd slowest growth in the North East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In August 2026, 4,375 people in South Tyneside were on the claimant count, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the North East was 3.7%. The rate was the same a year earlier. The five-year high was 7.7% (August 2021); the low was 4.5% (September 2025).
Average Band D council tax in South Tyneside is £2,434.43 for 2026-27, up £123.25 on 2025-26. It is the 2nd lowest in the North East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,538.16, so it has risen 58%.
An estimated 64.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in South Tyneside were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 4.0 points), against 71.8% across the North East. Its lowest reading in the series was 62.3% and its highest 70.4%.
A girl born in South Tyneside in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.0 years and a boy 76.8 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.4 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the 3rd lowest for women in the North East.
The ONS counted 4,105 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in South Tyneside in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 27 per 1,000 residents, the lowest in the North East.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in South Tyneside at £161,559 for July 2026, a rise of 5.3% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 5th highest of the 12 council areas in the North East; the average for the North East was £166,943. This July figure is the highest in the series, 41% up on July 2016. The average price is 4.8 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in South Tyneside. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of the 12 council areas in the North East.
The police recorded 96.7 crimes per 1,000 residents in South Tyneside in the year to March 2026 (14,631 offences in all), mid-table in the North East, 6th of 12. A year earlier it was 99.1. The highest rate in the series was 108.0, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Full-time employees living in South Tyneside earned a median £690.50 a week in April 2025 (£33,739 a year). It is mid-table in the North East, 7th of 12, and 0.2% less than across the North East. Jobs based in South Tyneside paid a median £677.40 a week, £13.10 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £473.60, so it has risen 46% before inflation.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 147,230 |
| 2016 | 147,664 |
| 2017 | 147,796 |
| 2018 | 148,076 |
| 2019 | 148,368 |
| 2020 | 147,919 |
| 2021 | 147,919 |
| 2022 | 148,802 |
| 2023 | 149,706 |
| 2024 | 150,736 |
| 2025 | 151,255 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £114,662 |
| July 2017 | £116,786 |
| July 2018 | £122,146 |
| July 2019 | £122,948 |
| July 2020 | £121,826 |
| July 2021 | £135,275 |
| July 2022 | £144,143 |
| July 2023 | £147,398 |
| July 2024 | £149,449 |
| July 2025 | £153,355 |
| July 2026 | £161,559 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £473.60 a week |
| 2016 | £466.90 a week |
| 2017 | £477.50 a week |
| 2018 | £491.70 a week |
| 2019 | £486.80 a week |
| 2020 | £505.80 a week |
| 2021 | £517.80 a week |
| 2022 | £572.60 a week |
| 2023 | £599.50 a week |
| 2024 | £662.00 a week |
| 2025 | £690.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,538.16 |
| 2017-18 | £1,612.42 |
| 2018-19 | £1,697.85 |
| 2019-20 | £1,783.79 |
| 2020-21 | £1,850 |
| 2021-22 | £1,922.86 |
| 2022-23 | £1,984.52 |
| 2023-24 | £2,090.81 |
| 2024-25 | £2,197.13 |
| 2025-26 | £2,311.18 |
| 2026-27 | £2,434.43 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 65.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 84.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 101.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 108.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 103.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 84.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 93.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 99.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 104.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 99.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 68.6% |
| 2016/17 | 67.6% |
| 2017/18 | 68.6% |
| 2018/19 | 70.4% |
| 2019/20 | 69.9% |
| 2020/21 | 66.9% |
| 2021/22 | 69.5% |
| 2022/23 | 62.3% |
| 2023/24 | 65.1% |
| 2024/25 | 64.5% |
| 2025/26 | 64.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,955 |
| 2017 | 4,150 |
| 2018 | 4,110 |
| 2019 | 4,060 |
| 2020 | 4,335 |
| 2021 | 4,160 |
| 2022 | 4,115 |
| 2023 | 4,045 |
| 2024 | 3,935 |
| 2025 | 3,990 |
| 2026 | 4,105 |
Questions about South Tyneside
What is the population of South Tyneside?
The ONS estimates 151,255 people lived in South Tyneside in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in South Tyneside?
4,375 in August 2026 (4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in South Tyneside?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,434.43 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in South Tyneside?
81.0 years for women and 76.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average house price in South Tyneside?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £161,559.
What is the crime rate in South Tyneside?
Home Office figures show 14,631 offences in the year to March 2026, or 96.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in South Tyneside?
Median pay for full-time employees living in South Tyneside was £690.50 a week in April 2025 (£33,739 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Who has power over South Tyneside
Every body that makes decisions for South Tyneside, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- South Tyneside council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- South Tyneside in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- North East Mayoral Combined Authority mayoral combined authority
- Northumbria Police police force
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board NHS
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS FT NHS
- North East in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Jarrow and Gateshead East: Kate Osborne (Labour) MP
- South Shields: Emma Lewell (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North East
- UK figures: UK population · UK unemployment rate · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the North East: Darlington · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar and Cleveland · Stockton-on-Tees
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