North Tyneside · England
North Shields population
39,747people · latest estimate
North Shields has a population of 39,747, making it the 3rd largest place in North Tyneside. The World Gazetteer published 39,747 for North Shields in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: North Tyneside population trends, 2001–2025.
North Shields in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of North Shields sits in postcode district NE29.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for North Tyneside, the billing authority covering North Shields, is £2,462 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.