North Tyneside population, 2001–2024
North Tyneside has an estimated population of 215,025 (mid-2024), up 12.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the North Tyneside local authority area.
215,025
population, mid-2024
+12.0%
since 2001
+5.8%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (215,025)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 215,025 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 212,705 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 210,772 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 209,128 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 208,015 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 207,294 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 205,766 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 204,492 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 203,743 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 202,953 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 203,211 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 202,268 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 201,566 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 201,206 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 200,164 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 199,017 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 197,964 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 196,470 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 195,365 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 194,120 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 193,195 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 193,037 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 192,739 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 192,003 | — |
Food businesses
North Tyneside has 191 takeaways, 293 restaurants and cafés and 155 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.65 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
North Tyneside has 195 hairdressers and beauty salons, 120 pubs and bars, 95 licensed restaurants, 180 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 North Tyneside local authority area (code E08000022), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of North Tyneside?
215,025, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the North Tyneside 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 North Tyneside growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 12.0% since 2001, from 192,003 to 215,025. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.