Stockton-on-Tees (borough)
Stockton-on-Tees is a
local government district and
borough in north-east
England, with a resident population in 2001 of 178,408 rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.
The borough of Stockton-on-Tees is made up of several smaller towns.
Stockton-on-Tees with a resident population of 82,880,
Billingham, 36,720, and
Thornaby-on-Tees, 23,200 being the main settlements along with the smaller towns of
Yarm, and
Norton.
Durham Tees Valley Airport is also partly within the borough. The
Stockton-on-Tees borough accounts for the largest amount of residents within the
Teesside and Hartlepool urban area.
The core of the town was traditionally in
County Durham, but the boroughspilled over the river into
Yorkshire. The borough was formed on
April 1 1974, from the Stockton part of
Teesside county borough, along with part of
Stockton Rural District in
County Durham and part of
Stokesley Rural District from the
North Riding. It was a
non-metropolitan district of
Cleveland. It is part of the
Tees Valley area.
It became a
unitary authority on
April 1,
1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and the
North Yorkshire, along the line of the
River Tees.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees at current basic prices
published (pp.240-253) by
Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| 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 |
includes hunting and forestry
includes energy and construction
includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
*
Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the
Office for National Statistics Census 2001
