Gateshead population, 2001–2024
Gateshead has an estimated population of 202,760 (mid-2024), up 6.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Gateshead local authority area.
202,760
population, mid-2024
+6.1%
since 2001
+1.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (202,760)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 202,760 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 200,597 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 198,599 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 196,179 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 197,342 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 198,435 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 199,915 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 200,660 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 201,359 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 201,271 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 200,728 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 200,299 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 200,252 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 200,349 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 198,731 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 197,481 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 196,078 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 194,934 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 193,615 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 192,857 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 192,317 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 192,115 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 191,559 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 191,178 | — |
Food businesses
Gateshead has 222 takeaways, 331 restaurants and cafés and 171 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.67 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Gateshead local authority area (code E08000037), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.