Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Local authority area: Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland is an unitary authority, in the North East England region of England. It covers 244.8 km² and had 137,175 residents in 2022 — about 560 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Redcar.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Redcar and Cleveland, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022137,175+1.6% since 2012

Land area244.8km²94.5 sq mi

Density560/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#224of 382 UK councils · #191 in England

Population estimates5 data points

135K135.3K136.7K136.5K137.2K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Formed from Cleveland.

Abroad

Twinned with

Troisdorf

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 Middlesbrough148,285 Darlington109,469 Hartlepool93,861

Elections

24 electoral wards

Census 2021: 136,532 residents in 61,638 households across the wards; 23.2% aged 65+, 64.7% of homes owned, 24.8% of households without a car.

1Guisborough3,700 households · 26.0% aged 65+7,642 2Kirkleatham3,445 households · 23.4% aged 65+7,565 3Eston3,495 households · 19.8% aged 65+7,421 4Brotton3,054 households · 22.8% aged 65+6,843 5Hutton2,890 households · 30.0% aged 65+6,704 6Normanby2,963 households · 25.1% aged 65+6,609

All wards of Redcar and Cleveland

Westminster

Constituencies

Redcar · 16 wards Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland · 8 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1434448 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.