Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Unitary authority area and borough
	From left to right; Top: Stockton Town Hall; Middle: Yarm Viaduct and John Whitehead Park, Billingham; Bottom: Norton and Thornaby Town Hall;
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Forward as One
	The part of the borough in County Durham
	The part of the borough in North Yorkshire
	Coordinates: 54°34′N 1°18′W / 54.56°N 1.30°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East
Ceremonial counties	County Durham; North Yorkshire;
City region	Tees Valley
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Named for	Stockton-on-Tees
Administrative HQ	Municipal buildings, Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
• Leader	Bob Cook (L)
• Mayor	John Gardner
• MPs	3 MPs Andy McDonald (L) ; Chris McDonald (L) ; Matt Vickers (C) ;
Area
• Total	79 sq mi (205 km2)
• Rank	143rd
Population (2022)
• Total	199,966
• Rank	98th
• Density	2,530/sq mi (976/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 92.0% White ; 4.6% Asian ; 1.4% Mixed ; 1.1% Black ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 51.1% Christianity ; 39.1% no religion ; 3.4% Islam ; 0.4% Hinduism ; 0.4% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.3% other ; 5.0% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	TS
Dialling codes	01642
ISO 3166 code	GB-STT
GSS code	E06000004
Website	stockton.gov.uk

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status. It straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire and had a population of 196,600 in 2021.^[5]

The main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees. All three towns are in County Durham. The towns of Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm are south of the river in North Yorkshire.

The borough governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The borough is part of Tees Valley with nearby boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hartlepool.

All River Tees bridges from Yarm Viaduct to Transporter Bridge are in the borough at least on one side, with the Borough of Middlesbrough to the south downstream on the other side to the east of the borough. Teesside International Airport is shared between the borough and the Borough of Darlington.

History

Municipal authority

Stockton previously held borough status as the Municipal Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in historic County Durham.

Loss of status

In 1968, the borough was merged into Teesside County Borough; this civil parish was a part of the ceremonial (not administrative) North Riding county until its abolition.

District authority

The town regained borough status on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. It became a non-metropolitan district of the County of Cleveland, itself established at the same time. Multiple parishes and boroughs merged into Stockton's newly formed district borough:

Teesside County Borough's area covering the former Stockton, Billingham and Thornaby municipal boroughs,
Hilton, Ingleby Barwick, Kirklevington, Maltby, and Yarm parishes of the previous North Riding County-administered Stokesley Rural District, and
Part of the County Durham-administered Stockton Rural District parishes.

Unitary authority

The borough became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. It is ceremonially split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, to the north and south of the Tees respectively. It is the only council in England to be split between two ceremonial counties. The former districts and boroughs of Durham now form the unitary authority of County Durham, so ceremonial County Durham now has four unitary authorities.

Economy

The Office for National Statistics has published a chart (pp. 240–253) of the trend of regional gross value of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (figures in Sterling [millions]).

Year	Regional Gross Value Added⁴	Agriculture¹	Industry²	Services³
1995	2,804	9	1,443	1,352
2000	3,252	6	1,359	1,887
2003	3,364	6	1,037	2,320

^1 includes hunting and forestry.

^2 includes energy and construction.

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured.

^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.

Demographics

In the 2021 census, the borough was recorded as having a population of 196,595 with 50.9% being female.

For sexuality, those who identified as Straight or Heterosexual were 91.6%, Gay or Lesbian were 1.4%, Bisexual was 0.9%, Pansexual was 0.2%, Asexual was 0.0%, Queer was 0.0, 'All other sexual orientations' were 0.0% and those who did not answer were 5.9%.^[6]

[Note, for percentages with 0.0%, this may due to a number too low to represent using the number of digits supplied rather than a lack of those who identified as that specific idea]

Sex
2021 Census^[6]	Count	%
All usual residents	196,595	100.0
Female	100,072	50.9
Male	96,523	49.1

Local Nature Reserves

The council maintains a number of local nature reserves including Barwick Pond, Charlton's Pond, Greenvale, Hardwick Dene and Elm Tree Woods, Norton Grange Marsh, Quarry Wood (Eaglescliffe), and Stillington Forest Park.

Town and parish councils

Town councils

County Durham: Billingham
North Yorkshire: Ingleby Barwick • Thornaby-on-Tees • Yarm-on-Tees

Parish councils

North Yorkshire: Hilton • Kirklevington and Castle Levington • Maltby

County Durham:

References

^ "Councillors and council meetings". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority (E06000004)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "How the population changed in Stockton-on-Tees, Census 2021 – ONS". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority – 2021 Census Area Profile". NOMIS – official census and labour market statistics – National Statistics. 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

External links

Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the Office for National Statistics 2001 census

[Council_leadership-1] "Councillors and council meetings". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[2] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[popstats-3] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[2021_Nomis-4] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority (E06000004)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[5] "How the population changed in Stockton-on-Tees, Census 2021 – ONS". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[:0-6] "Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority – 2021 Census Area Profile". NOMIS – official census and labour market statistics – National Statistics. 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

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v t e Ceremonial county of Durham
Unitary authorities	Borough of Darlington Borough of Hartlepool Borough of Stockton-on-Tees (part) County Durham
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Barnard Castle Billingham Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Chilton Consett Crook Darlington Durham Eaglescliffe Easington Colliery Ferryhill Hartlepool Middleton-in-Teesdale Newton Aycliffe Peterlee Seaham Sedgefield Shildon Spennymoor Stanhope Stanley Stockton-on-Tees Tow Law Wolsingham See also: Durham
Topics	Flag Parliamentary constituencies Places Population of major settlements SSSIs Schools Country houses Museums Grade I listed buildings Scheduled monuments Lord Lieutenant High Sheriff

v t e Ceremonial county of North Yorkshire
Yorkshire Portal
Unitary authorities	Middlesbrough North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees (part) York
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Bedale Bentham Boroughbridge Catterick Garrison Colburn Easingwold Eastfield Eston Filey Grassington Guisborough Harrogate Hawes Haxby Helmsley Ingleby Barwick Kirkbymoorside Knaresborough Leyburn Loftus Malton Masham Middleham Middlesbrough Northallerton Norton-on-Derwent Pateley Bridge Pickering Redcar Richmond Ripon Saltburn-by-the-Sea Scarborough Selby Settle Skelton-in-Cleveland Skipton Stokesley Tadcaster Thirsk Thornaby-on-Tees Whitby Yarm York See also: List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Rivers	Aire Derwent Esk Foss Leven Ouse Ribble Swale Tees Ure Wharfe
Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Windmills Monastic houses History Rivers Schools Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs SSSIs Nature Reserves

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County Durham	County Durham Darlington Hartlepool Stockton-on-Tees
Northumberland	Northumberland
Tyne and Wear	Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland
Teesside, North Yorkshire	Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees

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