# Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire. In 2021, it had a population of 196,600. Its main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which lies on the north bank of the River Tees, along with the towns of Billingham and Norton-on-Tees, in County Durham. It also includes the towns of Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby-on-Tees and Yarm, all south of the Tees, in North Yorkshire. The borough locally governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The borough forms part of the Tees Valley together with four other nearby boroughs (Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Hartlepool).
All bridges spanning the River Tees are partially within the borough, including the Yarm Viaduct and the Tees Transporter Bridge, with the 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 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 Added | Agriculture | Industry | Services |
| 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%.
[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 | 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:
* Aislaby and Newsham
* Carlton
* Elton
* Egglescliffe and Eaglescliffe
* Grindon
* Long Newton
* Norton-on-Tees
* Preston-on-Tees
* Redmarshall
* Stillington and Whitton
* Wolviston
* Wynyard