Everything about Stockton-on-tees Borough totally explained
Stockton-on-Tees is a
unitary authority and
borough in the
Tees Valley area of 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,
Ingleby Barwick 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 borough
spilled over the river into
Yorkshire. The borough was formed on
1 April 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. At that time it was designated a
non-metropolitan district of
Cleveland.
It became a
unitary authority on
1 April 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and
North Yorkshire, along the line of the
River Tees as shown in the map below with Durham to the north and Yorkshire to the south.
Economy
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.
| Year |
Regional Gross Value Added |
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
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