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.
High street businesses
Gateshead has 165 hairdressers and beauty salons, 105 pubs and bars, 55 licensed restaurants, 155 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
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.
Common questions
What is the population of Gateshead?
202,760, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Gateshead local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Gateshead growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 6.1% since 2001, from 191,178 to 202,760. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.