South Tyneside population, 2001–2024
South Tyneside has an estimated population of 151,393 (mid-2024), down 0.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the South Tyneside local authority area.
151,393
population, mid-2024
-0.9%
since 2001
+2.6%
last 10 years
2001
peak year (152,793)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 151,393 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 150,124 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 148,987 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 147,919 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 147,919 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 148,368 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 148,076 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 147,796 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 147,664 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 147,230 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 147,606 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 147,517 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 147,761 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 148,164 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 148,468 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 148,509 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 148,626 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 148,642 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 148,887 | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 149,585 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 150,265 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 151,181 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 152,210 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 152,793 | — |
Food businesses
South Tyneside has 147 takeaways, 210 restaurants and cafés and 118 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.70 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the South Tyneside local authority area (code E08000023), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.