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.
High street businesses
South Tyneside has 115 hairdressers and beauty salons, 70 pubs and bars, 60 licensed restaurants, 120 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 South Tyneside local authority area (code E08000023), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of South Tyneside?
151,393, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the South 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 South Tyneside growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 0.9% since 2001, from 152,793 to 151,393. The peak year in the series so far is 2001. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.