Demographics of Tees Valley

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Demography of the Tees Valley or Teesside metropolitan area of England is recorded with differing definitions. The area's fragmented data into different area definintions every other census after 1971 has meant a lack of clear lineal correlation analysis and anachronistic data.

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The first recording of the multiple towns in the area with combined statistics was the 1971 census, during the 1968–1974 borough of Teesside's existence. By the 1981 and 1991 censuses the borough had been split into three (Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees and what is now known as Redcar and Cleveland) with the additional Borough of Hartlepool to form the County of Cleveland for the combined statistical data of the area. For the 2001 and 2011 Censuses, the county had been abolished with an area recorded (between the size of the Teesside borough and the three replacement boroughs) as an urban area and built-up area respectively. The former county's four boroughs and the Borough of Darlington are now recorded as the Tees Valley Combined Authority mayoral area which was created in 2016 with its first census in 2021.

Population

Modern

This is using reliable and government given statistics, both as combined data and broken down to Unitary Area divisions.

Population Change of Tees Valley
YearTotal Population [1] [2] Population IncreaseMiddlesbrough [3] Stockton-On-Tees [4] Redcar and Cleveland [5] Darlington [6] Hartlepool [7]
%ActualTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% Change
2021678,400+2.3215,400143,000+3.32197,000+2.71136,600108,20092,600
1981- (No Combined Data)--150,600-173,900-150,900-98,600-94,900-
1991- (No Combined Data)--144,700-3.92175,200+0.75145,90099,30091,100
2001652,200--141,200-2.42183,800+4.91139,20097,90090,200
2011663,000+1.6610,800138,400-1.98191,800+4.35135,200105,60092,100

Historical

The following information cannot be easily compared to the modern data, due to the fact that the administrative areas of the modern districts do not fully map to that of historical land divisions, meaning the population estimates for before 1981 must be taken with this context.

The University of Portsmouth mapped out historic data from 1801 to 1911, using modern Unitary Area land divisions to try and create estimates for what the population for each borough was like. The created estimates cannot be described as accurate, but use the non profit organisation UK Data Service's collection of sources, specifically the GBHDB. [8]

University of Portsmouth Population Estimates
YearTotal PopulationPopulation IncreaseMiddlesbrough [9] Stockton-On-Tees [10] Redcar and Cleveland [11] Darlington [12] Hartlepool [13]
%ActualTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% Change
18011,6997,1216,5168,8363,334
18111,7357,3726,7149,3563,454
18211,9638,3337,19010,4703,902
18312,1329,9757,22813,3794,691
18412,78615,9296,90715,8017,575
18513,33421,0267,99516,50810,047
18614,23327,95314,47420,33329,188
1871-------------
1881--61,556-65,017-58,107-44,713-48,598-
189181,71180,66561,30347,04766,587
1901-------------
1911--114,417-91,582-84,838-66,038-87,928-
1921129,376102,50893,12074,89993,322
1931137,810115,97992,38980,34292,725
1941-------------
1951--147,034-130,191-103,907-94,759-92,645-
1961161,778146,975120,50094,94797,495
197199,606180,909189,74197,70297,297
1981147,418171,165149,85795,62293,926
1991140,857173,900145,11998,91290,395
2001134,832178,447139,12597,81788,626
2011138,412191,610135,177105,56492,028

The 1911 Preliminary Census Report, was a short summary of the changes in populations of the UK. In the section for towns, the settlements of Middlesbrough, Stockton, and Darlington are mentioned with details about their overall population change. [14]

1911 Preliminary Census Report [14]
YearTotal PopulationPopulation IncreaseMiddlesbroughStockton-On-TeesRedcar and ClevelandDarlingtonHartlepool
%ActualTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% ChangeTotal% Change
1891---75,532-49,708---38,060---
1901---91,302+20.951,478+3.6--44,511+16.9--
1911---104,787+14.852,158+1.3--55,633+25.0--

Religion, Language and Identity

Religion

The religious statistics for 2021 for the Tees Valley Combined Authority, were released in the December 2022 statistics. For the area, the largest recorded group were Christian (50.7%), followed by None Religious (39.0%), the third largest was No Answer (5.2%), those identifying as Muslim came fourth (3.8%). The rest of the categories were all less than 1%, and so approximations of their total size may be inaccurate due to accuracy loss. Those identifying as Hindu were the fifth largest (0.5%), followed by equal percentages for Buddhist, Sikh and 'Other Religion'. Those identifying as Jewish recorded less than 0.1%, so the recorded number is unknown.

2021 Religious Data [15] [ failed verification ]
ReligionTees Valley CA (Approximate)England %
Capita%
No religion264,10839.036.7
Christian343,34050.746.3
Buddhist2,0320.30.5
Hindu3,3860.51.8
Jewish-0.0 [note 1] 0.5
Muslim25,7343.86.7
Sikh2,0320.30.9
Other religion2,0320.30.6
Not answered35,2145.26.0

Language

2021 Proficiency in English (Of those above 3 years old) [15]
CategoryTees Valley CAEngland
Main language is English96.4%90.8%
Can speak English very well1.4%4%
Can speak English well1.3%3.3%
Cannot speak English well0.8%1.6%
Cannot speak English0.1%0.3%

Ethnicity and Identity

2021 Ethnicity of Tees Valley [15]
CategoryTees Valley CAEngland
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%9.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%4.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%3%
White92.1%81%
Other ethnic group1.1%2.2%
National Identity [15]
CategoryTees Valley CAEngland
One or more UK identity only95.5%88%
UK identity and non-UK identity0.7%2%
Non-UK identity only3.9%10%
Country of Birth [15]
CategoryTees Valley CAEngland
Born in the UK93.2%82.6%
Born outside the UK6.8%17.4%

Notes

  1. ↑ The percentage may not equal 0% in the census, but rather the value is too small to represent in the provided accuracy. It may also not be publicly released for data protection reasons if the sample is too small.

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References

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