TheBorough of Stockton-on-Tees is aunitary authority area withborough status inCounty Durham andNorth Yorkshire, England. In 2021, it had a population of 196,600.[5]
The main settlement and namesake of the borough isStockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of theRiver Tees in County Durham, along with the towns ofBillingham andNorton-on-Tees. The borough also includes the towns ofIngleby Barwick,Thornaby-on-Tees andYarm, all south of the Tees, in North Yorkshire. Bridges spanning the River Tees include theYarm Viaduct and theTees Transporter Bridge. The borough is locally governed byStockton-on-Tees Borough Council and forms part of theTees Valley together with the boroughs ofDarlington,Middlesbrough,Redcar and Cleveland andHartlepool.Teesside International Airport is partly within the borough.
Stockton previously held borough status as the Municipal Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in historic County Durham.
In 1968, the borough was merged intoTeesside County Borough; this civil parish was a part of the ceremonial (not administrative) North Riding county until its abolition.
The town regained borough status on 1 April 1974 as a result of theLocal Government Act 1972. It became anon-metropolitan district of theCounty of Cleveland, itself established at the same time. Multiple parishes and boroughs merged into Stockton's newly formed district borough:
The borough became aunitary authority on 1 April 1996. It is ceremonially split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, to the north and south of theTees respectively. It is the only council in England to be split between twoceremonial counties. The former districts and boroughs of Durham now form the unitary authority ofCounty Durham, so ceremonial County Durham now has fourunitary authorities.
TheOffice for National Statistics has published achart (pp. 240–253) of the trend of regional gross value of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (figures insterling [millions]).
| Year | Regional gross value added4 | Agriculture1 | Industry2 | Services3 |
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| 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.
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 orheterosexual were 91.6%,gay orlesbian were 1.4%,bisexual were 0.9%,pansexual were 0.2%,asexual were 0.0%,queer were 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 be due to a number too low to represent using the number of digits supplied rather than a lack of those who identified with that specific orientation.]
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| All usual residents | 196,595 | 100.0 |
| Female | 100,072 | 50.9 |
| Male | 96,523 | 49.1 |
The council maintains a number oflocal 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.
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