# Fastest and slowest growing places in North East (2025)

Hartlepool was the fastest growing of North East’s 12 councils in 2025 (annual population change 1.8%).

Middlesbrough was the slowest growing (−1.2%). The middle council, Stockton-on-Tees, had 0.6%.

Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates.

| Rank | Area | Annual population change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Hartlepool](https://openindex.co.uk/hartlepool) | 1.8% |
| 2 | [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington) | 1.1% |
| 3 | [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland) | 1.0% |
| =4 | [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) | 0.6% |
| =4 | [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) | 0.6% |
| =4 | [Stockton-on-Tees](https://openindex.co.uk/stockton-on-tees) | 0.6% |
| =7 | [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) | 0.5% |
| =7 | [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland) | 0.5% |
| 9 | [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) | 0.4% |
| 10 | [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside) | 0.3% |
| 11 | [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) | 0.1% |
| 12 | [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough) | −1.2% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the mid-year population estimates. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [UK](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/northern-ireland)
- [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/scotland)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/wales)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/population-change/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population-change)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population-change)

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