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Middlesbrough Borough Council

Local authority area: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is an unitary authority, in the North East England region of England. It covers 53.9 km² and had 148,285 residents in 2022 — about 2,752 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Middlesbrough.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Middlesbrough, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022148,285+6.9% since 2012

Land area53.9km²20.8 sq mi

Density2,752/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#199of 382 UK councils · #171 in England

Population estimates4 data points

138.7K139.5K140.5K148.3K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Middlesbrough became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in North East

All councils in North East

North Yorkshire623,501 County Durham528,127 Northumberland324,362 City of York204,551 Stockton-on-Tees199,966 Redcar and Cleveland137,175 Darlington109,469 Hartlepool93,861

Elections

20 electoral wards

Census 2021: 143,919 residents in 60,263 households across the wards; 16.8% aged 65+, 55.0% of homes owned, 33.1% of households without a car.

1Central4,292 households · 7.9% aged 65+11,490 2Longlands & Beechwood4,680 households · 14.2% aged 65+11,232 3Newport4,563 households · 9.3% aged 65+10,773 4Park3,817 households · 14.8% aged 65+9,587 5Brambles & Thorntree3,785 households · 12.0% aged 65+9,314 6Berwick Hills & Pallister3,673 households · 12.4% aged 65+9,065

All wards of Middlesbrough

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CMiddlesbrough Council Social ServicesCouncil office · Middlesbrough TS3 7SF · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East · 12 wards Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland · 8 wards

Source: Wikidata Q2673020 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.