Tyneside

Tyneside is a built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne in Northern England. The population of Tyneside as published in the 2011 census was 774,891. Tyneside is made up of the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The area is surrounded by the North East Green Belt. Residents of the area are commonly referred to as Geordies.

==Settlements== thumb|Aerial view of Tyneside which includes North Tyneside, [[Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, parts of South Tyneside and parts of Northumberland]] The ONS 2011 census had 774,891 census respondents inside the "Tyneside Built-up Area" or "Tyneside Urban Area". These figures are a decline from 879,996; this loss was mainly due to the ONS reclassifying Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Chester-le-Street and Washington in the Wearside Built-up Area instead of Tyneside. In both the 2001 and 2011 census the area was given the following subdivisions; Gateshead, Jarrow and Tynemouth had boundary changes: thumb|475px|Map of the Tyneside Built-Up Area with subdivisions {| class="wikitable" |- ! Subdivision !! Population(2011) !! Population(2001) |- | Newcastle || 292,200 || 259,573 |- | Gateshead || 120,046 || 78,403 |- | South Shields || 75,337 || 82,854 |- | Tynemouth || 67,519 || 17,056 |- | Wallsend || 43,826 || 42,843 |- | Jarrow || 43,431 || 27,525 |} {| |width=160px| Blaydon Cleadon Hebburn Longbenton Newburn | Ryton Sunniside Throckley Whickham Whitley Bay |}