North Tyneside Council: local authority assessment

Published: 9 July 2025 Page last updated: 9 July 2025

Assessment published: 9 July 2025

About North Tyneside Council

Demographics

North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It is bordered by Northumberland to the north, and the city of Newcastle to the west. The River Tyne forms the southern boundary, with the North Sea coastline to the east. The Borough includes the towns of Wallsend, North Shields, Killingworth, Tynemouth, and Whitley Bay, and forms a continuously built-up area with Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

North Tyneside is home to 211,769 people. The majority of the population of North Tyneside are White British (92.5%) with 2.6% Asian or Asian British, 2.4% White other, 1.3% Mixed, 0.6% Black or Black British and 0.6% Other. Around 9.3% of the population live in the top 10% more deprived areas in England. North Tyneside has an Index Multiple Deprivation score of 5 (with 10 being the highest and most deprived) and is rated 83rd out of 152 (1st being most deprived). 35% of older people are living in poverty in North Tyneside’s most deprived areas, with 3.9% in the least deprived areas. The healthy life expectancy in North Tyneside is relatively low compared to the national average. Women can expect to live around 57.2 years in good health, which is statistically lower than the England average of 61.9 years. Men can expect to live 61.6 years in good health, which is statistically similar to the average for England of 61.5 years. Men living the most deprived areas of North Tyneside live 11.4 years less than those in the least deprived areas. This figure is 9.9 years for women.

North Tyneside is located within the NHS North-east and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) which is divided into 4 Area-Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs). The North ICP covers Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. The Borough has strong links with the Integrated Care Board (ICB), including Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The nearest hospital is North Tyneside General Hospital.

North Tyneside Council is led by a directly elected mayor, with elections taking place in 2025. The Council has 60 elected members, 3 from each of the 20 wards in the borough. North Tyneside is a Labour majority Council.

Financial facts

The local authority estimated in 2023-2024, its total budget would be £422,533,000. Its actual spend for the year was £458,109,000, which was £35,576,000 more than estimated.
The local authority estimated it would spend £82,521,000 of its total budget on Adult Social Care in 2023-2024. Its actual spend was £86,752,000, which was £4,231,000 more than estimated.
In 2023-2024, 18.94% of the budget was spent on Adult Social Care.
The local authority has raised the full Adult Social Care precept for 2023-2024, with a value of 2%. Please note the amount raised through Adult Social Care precept varies from local authority to local authority.
Approximately 4185 people were accessing long-term Adult Social Care support, and approximately 965 people were accessing short-term Adult Social Care support in 2023-2024. Local authorities spend money on a range of Adult Social Care services, including supporting individuals. No two care packages are the same and vary significantly in their intensity, duration, and cost.

This data is reproduced at the request of the Department of Health and Social Care. It has not been factored into our assessment and is presented for information purposes only.