# List of settlements in Tyne and Wear by population

This is a list of settlements in Tyne and Wear by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 22 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Tyne and Wear, shown in the table below.

## Administrative boundaries

Table taken from the Tyne and Wear - Settlements section:
| # | Administrative centre | Other places |
| 1 | Borough of Gateshead (Gateshead) | Blaydon, Low Fell, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Sheriff Hill, Whickham |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle City Centre) | Byker, Gosforth, Kenton, Blakelaw, Fenham, Elswick, Newburn, Walbottle, Westerhope, Jesmond, West Moor, Heaton, Throckley, Walker |
| 3 | North Tyneside (Wallsend) | Annitsford, Backworth, Benton, Cullercoats, Dudley, Earsdon, Forest Hall, Killingworth, Longbenton, Monkseaton, Preston, Tynemouth, Whitley Bay, Wideopen |
| 4 | South Tyneside (South Shields) | Boldon, Cleadon, Harton, Hebburn, Jarrow, Monkton, Westoe, Whitburn |
| 5 | City of Sunderland (Sunderland City Centre) | Castletown, Fencehouses, Fulwell, Hendon, Herrington, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Hylton Red House, Newbottle, Penshaw, Rainton, Ryhope, Seaburn, Silksworth, Shiney Row, South Hylton, Southwick, Springwell, Washington, Warden Law |

## Population ranking

| # | Settlement | Population | Population | Outlying settlements |
| # | Settlement | 2001 | 2011 | Outlying settlements |
| 1 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 247,710 | 268,064 | Excludes Newburn, Wallbottle |
| 2 | Sunderland | 177,740 | 174,286 | Whitburn counted separately |
| 3 | Gateshead | 113,220 | 120,046 | Excludes Springwell |
| 4 | South Shields | 78,170 | 75,337 | Includes Biddick Hall, Brockley Whins, Cleadon Park, Marsden, West Harton, Whiteleas. Cleadon counted separately |
| 5 | Tynemouth | 62,880 | 67,519 | Includes North Shields, Shiremoor. Excludes Backworth |
| 6 | Washington | 67,500 | 67,085 | Includes Concord, New Herrington, Oxclose, Rickleton, Shiney Row, Sulgrave. Excludes Birtley, Bournmoor, Newbottle, Springwell |
| 7 | Wallsend | 42,580 | 43,826 | Includes Battle Hill, Howdon |
| 8 | Jarrow | 44,668 | 43,431 | Includes East Boldon, Fellgate, Monkton, Simonside |
| 9 | Longbenton | 34,120 | 37,070 | Includes Camperdown, Holystone, Killingworth |
| 10 | Whitley Bay | 36,544 | 36,702 | Includes Monkseaton |
| 11 | Hebburn | 19,300 | 19,148 | Includes Campbell Park |
| 12 | Whickham | 16,260 | 16,652 | Blaydon counted below. Excludes Dunston, Sunniside, Winlaton Mill |
| 13 | Ryton | 15,742 | 15,999 | Includes Crawcrook, Greenside, Stella Park |
| 14 | Blaydon | 14,648 | 15,155 | Includes Winlaton. Excludes Blaydon Burn |
| 15 | Houghton-le-Spring | 15,013 | 13,863 | Includes Burnside, Coptleigh, Newbottle, Rainton Bridge. Excludes East Rainton |
| 16 | Hetton-le-Hole | 12,815 | 12,127 | Includes Easington Lane, Moorsley |
| 17 | Wideopen | 8,930 | 8,976 | Includes Brunswick, Hazlerigg, Seaton Burn |
| 18 | Fence Houses | 5,830 | 6,649 | Includes Chilton Moor, High Dubmire, Woodstone Village |
| 19 | Rowlands Gill | 5,995 | 6,096 | Includes Highfields, Lockhaugh. Excludes High Spen |
| 20 | Throckley | 5,588 | 5,507 | Excludes Heddon-on-the-Wall, Newburn, Wallbottle |
| 21 | Annitsford | 5,486 | 5,497 | Includes Dudley, Fordley |
| 22 | Whitburn | 5,235 | 5,102 | Excludes Seaburn |
| 23 | Cleadon | 4,795 | 4,508 | |