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.
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
Population of Tees Valley by district (2022)
[1]
District
|
Land area
|
Population
|
Density (/km2)
|
(km2)
|
(%)
|
People
|
(%)
|
Darlington
|
197
|
25%
|
109,469
|
16%
|
554
|
Hartlepool
|
94
|
12%
|
93,861
|
14%
|
1,002
|
Middlesbrough
|
54
|
7%
|
148,285
|
22%
|
2,752
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
245
|
31%
|
137,175
|
20%
|
560
|
Stockton-on-Tees
|
205
|
26%
|
199,966
|
29%
|
976
|
Tees Valley
|
795
|
100%
|
688,756
|
100%
|
866
|
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
Census year
|
Total Population
[2]
[3]
|
Population Increase
|
Middlesbrough
[4]
|
Stockton-On-Tees
[5]
|
Redcar and Cleveland
[6]
|
Darlington
[7]
|
Hartlepool
[8]
|
%
|
Actual
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
2021
|
678,400
|
+2.32
|
15,400
|
143,000
|
+3.32
|
197,000
|
+2.71
|
136,600
|
|
108,200
|
|
92,600
|
|
1981
|
- (No Combined Data)
|
-
|
-
|
150,600
|
-
|
173,900
|
-
|
150,900
|
-
|
98,600
|
-
|
94,900
|
-
|
1991
|
- (No Combined Data)
|
-
|
-
|
144,700
|
-3.92
|
175,200
|
+0.75
|
145,900
|
|
99,300
|
|
91,100
|
|
2001
|
652,200
|
-
|
-
|
141,200
|
-2.42
|
183,800
|
+4.91
|
139,200
|
|
97,900
|
|
90,200
|
|
2011
|
663,000
|
+1.66
|
10,800
|
138,400
|
-1.98
|
191,800
|
+4.35
|
135,200
|
|
105,600
|
|
92,100
|
|
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.
[9]
University of Portsmouth Population Estimates
Year
|
Total Population
|
Population Increase
|
Middlesbrough
[10]
|
Stockton-On-Tees
[11]
|
Redcar and Cleveland
[12]
|
Darlington
[13]
|
Hartlepool
[14]
|
%
|
Actual
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
1801
|
|
|
|
1,699
|
|
7,121
|
|
6,516
|
|
8,836
|
|
3,334
|
|
1811
|
|
|
|
1,735
|
|
7,372
|
|
6,714
|
|
9,356
|
|
3,454
|
|
1821
|
|
|
|
1,963
|
|
8,333
|
|
7,190
|
|
10,470
|
|
3,902
|
|
1831
|
|
|
|
2,132
|
|
9,975
|
|
7,228
|
|
13,379
|
|
4,691
|
|
1841
|
|
|
|
2,786
|
|
15,929
|
|
6,907
|
|
15,801
|
|
7,575
|
|
1851
|
|
|
|
3,334
|
|
21,026
|
|
7,995
|
|
16,508
|
|
10,047
|
|
1861
|
|
|
|
4,233
|
|
27,953
|
|
14,474
|
|
20,333
|
|
29,188
|
|
1871
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1881
|
|
-
|
-
|
61,556
|
-
|
65,017
|
-
|
58,107
|
-
|
44,713
|
-
|
48,598
|
-
|
1891
|
|
|
|
81,711
|
|
80,665
|
|
61,303
|
|
47,047
|
|
66,587
|
|
1901
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1911
|
|
-
|
-
|
114,417
|
-
|
91,582
|
-
|
84,838
|
-
|
66,038
|
-
|
87,928
|
-
|
1921
|
|
|
|
129,376
|
|
102,508
|
|
93,120
|
|
74,899
|
|
93,322
|
|
1931
|
|
|
|
137,810
|
|
115,979
|
|
92,389
|
|
80,342
|
|
92,725
|
|
1941
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1951
|
|
-
|
-
|
147,034
|
-
|
130,191
|
-
|
103,907
|
-
|
94,759
|
-
|
92,645
|
-
|
1961
|
|
|
|
161,778
|
|
146,975
|
|
120,500
|
|
94,947
|
|
97,495
|
|
1971
|
|
|
|
99,606
|
|
180,909
|
|
189,741
|
|
97,702
|
|
97,297
|
|
1981
|
|
|
|
147,418
|
|
171,165
|
|
149,857
|
|
95,622
|
|
93,926
|
|
1991
|
|
|
|
140,857
|
|
173,900
|
|
145,119
|
|
98,912
|
|
90,395
|
|
2001
|
|
|
|
134,832
|
|
178,447
|
|
139,125
|
|
97,817
|
|
88,626
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
138,412
|
|
191,610
|
|
135,177
|
|
105,564
|
|
92,028
|
|
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.
[15]
1911 Preliminary Census Report
[15]
Year
|
Total Population
|
Population Increase
|
Middlesbrough
|
Stockton-On-Tees
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
Darlington
|
Hartlepool
|
%
|
Actual
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
Total
|
% Change
|
1891
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
75,532
|
-
|
49,708
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
38,060
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1901
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
91,302
|
+20.9
|
51,478
|
+3.6
|
-
|
-
|
44,511
|
+16.9
|
-
|
-
|
1911
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
104,787
|
+14.8
|
52,158
|
+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
[16][
failed verification]
Religion
|
Tees Valley CA (Approximate)
|
England %
|
Capita
|
%
|
No religion
|
264,108
|
39.0
|
36.7
|
Christian
|
343,340
|
50.7
|
46.3
|
Buddhist
|
2,032
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
Hindu
|
3,386
|
0.5
|
1.8
|
Jewish
|
-
|
0.0
[note 1]
|
0.5
|
Muslim
|
25,734
|
3.8
|
6.7
|
Sikh
|
2,032
|
0.3
|
0.9
|
Other religion
|
2,032
|
0.3
|
0.6
|
Not answered
|
35,214
|
5.2
|
6.0
|
Language
2021 Proficiency in English (Of those above 3 years old)
[16]
Category
|
Tees Valley CA
|
England
|
Main language is English
|
96.4%
|
90.8%
|
Can speak English very well
|
1.4%
|
4%
|
Can speak English well
|
1.3%
|
3.3%
|
Cannot speak English well
|
0.8%
|
1.6%
|
Cannot speak English
|
0.1%
|
0.3%
|
Ethnicity and Identity
2021 Ethnicity of Tees Valley
[16]
Category
|
Tees Valley CA
|
England
|
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh
|
4.4%
|
9.6%
|
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African
|
1.1%
|
4.2%
|
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
|
1.3%
|
3%
|
White
|
92.1%
|
81%
|
Other ethnic group
|
1.1%
|
2.2%
|
National Identity
[16]
Category
|
Tees Valley CA
|
England
|
One or more UK identity only
|
95.5%
|
88%
|
UK identity and non-UK identity
|
0.7%
|
2%
|
Non-UK identity only
|
3.9%
|
10%
|
Country of Birth
[16]
Category
|
Tees Valley CA
|
England
|
Born in the UK
|
93.2%
|
82.6%
|
Born outside the UK
|
6.8%
|
17.4%
|
Notes
-
^ 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.
References