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The population of Redcar and Cleveland is 137,228 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Redcar and Cleveland's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.1% per year. Redcar and Cleveland covers an area of 245 square kilometres (95 square miles) and has a population density of 561 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Redcar and Cleveland is predominantly white (99%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 1% of the population.
The median average age in Redcar and Cleveland in 2019 was 45.1, with over 18s representing 82.0% of the population. The sex ratio was 94.3 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of Redcar and Cleveland was approximately 91,297 or 68%, while the rural population was around 43,880 or 32%.
The largest religious group in Redcar and Cleveland is Christians who account for 70% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 99.3% of people in Redcar and Cleveland, and spoken either well or very well by 1% of the remaining population. 0.1% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of Redcar and Cleveland is 137,228 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Redcar and Cleveland grew by an estimated 78 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 2,064.
Redcar and Cleveland's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.1%, which is 0.1% lower than the average population growth rate in Redcar and Cleveland for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.2%).
Redcar and Cleveland covers an area of 245 square kilometres (95 square miles) and has a population density of 561 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 8 people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.5% of Redcar and Cleveland's 137,228 population, while females made up 51.5% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 94.343 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Redcar and Cleveland, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 112,523.
Redcar and Cleveland's age structure shows the working-age population to be 81,235 which is 59.2% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 18.0% of the population, and over 65s represent 22.8% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 62.6% to 61.6%.
Redcar and Cleveland's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Redcar and Cleveland was 45.1 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 46.5 years, and the average male is 43.6 years.
Of the Redcar and Cleveland population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Redcar and Cleveland is 80 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Redcar and Cleveland has a life expectancy of 82 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 79 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in Redcar and Cleveland has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 77 years to a life expectancy of 80 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
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00-01 | 78.5 | 81.8 | 80.2 |
01-04 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 79.4 |
05-09 | 73.7 | 77.1 | 75.4 |
10-14 | 68.7 | 72.3 | 70.5 |
15-19 | 63.8 | 67.3 | 65.6 |
20-24 | 59.0 | 62.3 | 60.7 |
25-29 | 54.2 | 57.4 | 55.8 |
30-34 | 49.3 | 52.4 | 50.8 |
35-39 | 44.7 | 47.6 | 46.2 |
40-44 | 40.0 | 42.8 | 41.4 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Redcar and Cleveland is predominantly white (98.5%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 1.5% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Redcar and Cleveland accounting for 0.6% of the population.
122 or 0% of the Redcar and Cleveland population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
Levels of reported Anxiety in Redcar and Cleveland were 3.1 in 2012 and 2.6 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.5, and 7.3 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Redcar and Cleveland is the 174 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.6 and were 7.5 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 7.8 and was 7.8 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Redcar and Cleveland is Christians, accounting for 70.4% of the population.
Redcar and Cleveland has a Muslim population of 598 which is 0.4% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics