Newcastle has become a bigger city in the last 10 years but other parts of the region have gone into decline, new data from the official census shows.
The population of Newcastle rose 7.1% between 2011 and 2021 to stand at 300,200 in 2021. The city was the only part of the region to outpace the national average for population growth, with the number of people in England rising 6.6% to just under 56.5m.
By contrast, Sunderland, Gateshead and South Tyneside saw falling populations over the decade between censuses, and the North East as a whole recorded the smallest rise in population of any English region at 1.4%. All areas of the North East have become older over the last 10 years, with the largest age group now being people aged 55 to 59.
