This page covers local intelligence releases of note in August 2025. You can view all public health intelligence updates on our Intelligence page.

Wider Determinants of Health profile

In August 2025 a new indicator was added to the Wider Determinants of Health profile on Fingertips, this was:

Gambling premises per 100,000 population

As well the following indicators have been updated:

Affordability of home ownership
Fuel poverty
Children (under 16s) in low-income families (absolute and relative measures)
Landlord home repossessions
Mortgage home repossessions

Gambling premises per 100,000 population

This indicator release shows the number of licenced gambling premises per 100,000 population for 2025.

In South Tyneside the rate was 18.1 per 100,000.
This is not statistically different to the national rate of 12.9 per 100,000.
As this is a new indicator to Fingertips there is one data point, and therefore a trend cannot be calculated.

Affordability of home ownership

This indicator release shows how affordable it is to buy a house in a local area, by comparing the median house price to the median annual earnings of residents for 2024.

A higher ratio means houses are less affordable for the average resident.

In South Tyneside the ratio was 4.5.
This is lower than the national ratio of 7.7 and the regional ratio of 4.8.
A trend cannot be calculated for this indicator.

Fuel Poverty

This indicator release shows the percentage of households in an area that experience fuel poverty based on the “low income, low energy efficiency (LILEE)” methodology for 2023.

In South Tyneside the percentage of households that experience fuel poverty was 10.2%.
This is similar to the national percentage of 11.4% and the North East region percentage of 10.6%.
A trend cannot be calculated for this indicator.

Children (under 16s) in low-income families (absolute and relative measures)

These indicators show the percentage of children under 16 living in absolute and relative low-income families for 2023/24.

In South Tyneside the percentage of children in absolute low-income families was 25.6%.
This is significantly higher than the national percentage of 19.1% and the regional percentage of 24.4%.
This trend is increasing and getting worse.
In South Tyneside the percentage of children in relative low-income families was 29.8%.
This is significantly higher than the national percentage of 22.1% and the regional percentage of 28.4%.
This trend is also increasing and getting worse.

Landlord home repossessions

This indicator release shows the rate of home repossession claims started from private, public and accelerated landlords per 100,000 for 2024.

In South Tyneside the rate was 759 per 100,000.
This is significantly lower than the national rate of 1097 per 100,000 and not significantly different to the regional rate of 809 per 100,000.
A trend cannot be calculated for this indicator.

Mortgage home repossessions

This indicator release shows the number of mortgaged home repossession claims started as a rate per 100,000 for 2024.

In South Tyneside the rate was 386 per 100,000.
This is not significantly different from the national rate of 324 per 100,000 or the regional rate of 382 per 100,000.
A trend cannot be calculated for this indicator.

Local Health profile

In August 2025 the Local Health profile on Fingertips was updated. The full list of indicators can be found here. As so many have been updated, only select indicators will be shown as part of this blog.

The local health profile looks at data at a sub-Local authority level. Because of this this blog will look at the selected indictors at middle super output level (MSOA) in addition to Local authority, regional and national level.

For more information on MSOAs and other geographies please visit this link.

Long-term unemployment: people claiming out of work benefit for over 12 months (aged 16 to 64)

This indicator release shows the average monthly claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance who have been claiming for more than 12 months, expressed as a rate per 1,000 of the working age population for 2024/25.

In South Tyneside the rate was 1.76 per 1,000.
This is significantly higher than the national rate of 0.51 per 1,000 and the North East rate of 0.82 per 1,000.
The highest MSOA in South Tyneside was South Shields West with a rate of 4.68 per 1,000.
The lowest MSOAs in South Tyneside we’re ‘Cleadon & East Boldon’ & Westoe with 0.00 per 1,000
A trend cannot be calculated for this indicator.

Mortality ratio indicators

These indicators show us the mortality ratio for specific conditions when compared to England
(England being 100 per 100) for the five-year span 2019-2023. Trends cannot be calculated for any of these indicators.

Mortality from all causes

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for all causes by all ages.

For South Tyneside this was 118.4 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 113.3 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Jarrow Town with 198.2 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Cleadon & East Boldon with 71.9 per 100.

Mortality from cancer

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for cancers by all ages.

For South Tyneside this was 118.7 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 113.9 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Brockley Whins with 165.1 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Harton West with 83.1 per 100.

Mortality from causes considered preventable (aged 75 and under)

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for causes considered preventable by ages under 75.

For South Tyneside this was 145.3 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 127.7 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was South Shields West with 228.2 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Cleadon & East Boldon with 40.3 per 100.

Mortality from stroke

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for strokes at all ages.

For South Tyneside this was 129.9 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 113.1 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Jarrow Town 246.8 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Biddick Hill with 76.9 per 100.

Mortality from respiratory diseases

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for respiratory diseases for all ages.

For South Tyneside this was 129.5 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 118.9 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Jarrow Town with 219.4 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Harton West with 54.9 per 100.

Mortality from coronary heart disease

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for coronary heart disease.

For South Tyneside this was 113.1 per 100.
This is not statistically different from the North East ratio of 113.1.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was South Shields West with 197.0 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was West Boldon with 61.1 per 100.

Mortality from cardiovascular disease

This indicator release looks at the mortality ratio compared to England for cardiovascular disease.

For South Tyneside this was 111.6 per 100.
This is higher than the North East ratio of 106.5 per 100.
The highest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Jarrow Town with 179.9 per 100.
The lowest ratio of the South Tyneside MSOAs was Cleadon & East Boldon with 74.5 per 100.

Population Estimates: Mid-2024

The Office for National Statistics have released a new set of population estimates for mid-2024.
This can be found under section 4 of the link above via ‘population profiles for local areas’.
This release shows us that in South Tyneside:

Our mid-2024 population estimate was 151,393 people. This is up from 150,124 in 2023.
This is a change of +0.8% from 2023, compared to +1.2% across England and Wales.
The Median age in South Tyneside for 2024 was 42.9 years. This is down from 43.1 years in 2023.
Our population estimates were made up of
- 26,991 people aged 0-15 years old
- 91,863 people aged 16-64 years old
- 32,539 people aged 65 years and over.

Other graphics and analysis can be found here under section 4.

Intelligence Update – August 2025

This page covers local intelligence releases of note in August 2025.