Place: Northumberland - Statistics

Northumberland

8.3 Billion people stayed overnight in the region in the year of 2008

72 Million people make a day visit to the region

Tourism supported around 65,000 jobs in the region

Attractions

70% of attractions saw a growth in performance in 2009 when compared to the previous year. The staycation trend played a significant part with people looking for days out closeby and many attractions ran offers and events which led to an increase in visitors.  The regions two new major attractions both exceeded expectations with Great North Museum welcoming more than 640,000 visitors and Saltholme more than 88,000. 

Population: 311,000

Northumberland has 14 state schools

 In 2001 there were 130,780 households, 10% of which were all retired, and one third were rented.

81% of the population reported their religion as Christianity, 0.8% as another religion, and 12% as having no religion.

Northumberland is one of the coldest areas of the country. It has an average annual temperature of 7.1 to 9.3 °C

However, the county lies on the east coast, and has relatively low rainfall, between 466 and 1060 mm annually

Northumberland has a relatively weak economy amongst the counties and other local government areas of the United Kingdom.The county is ranked sixth lowest amongst these 63 council areas. In 2003 23% of males and 60% of females were earning less than the Council of Europe's decency threshold. As of May 2005 unemployment is at 2.3%, in line with the national average.Between 1999 and 2003 businesses in the county grew 4.4% to 8,225, making 0.45% of registered businesses in Great Britain.

The population of Northumberland increased nine-fold between 1801 and 1991

In 1991, one in ten households in both Northumberland and Tyne and Wear did not have central heating, which compared to a GB average of one in five.

Between 1851 and 1901, the number of people employed on the railways in Northumberland (excluding construction) increased over nine-fold - from 497 people to 4,706 people.

In 1871 there were over 14 times as many females employed as domestic servants compared to males (21,129 women - 11% of the total female population).

In 1851, there were 7 chimney sweeps aged between 5 and 9 in Northumberland.

In 1901 there were 54,885 people employed as coal miners in Northumberland.

There was a modest rise in the population density of Northumberland from 0.2 people per acre in 1831, to 0.25 people per acre in 1991. The population density of Tyne and Wear in 1991 was 8.2 people per acre. The GB average in 1991 was almost 1 person per acre.

In 1801 the average household in Northumberland contained 6 people, compared to 2.5 in 1991. Households in Tyne and Wear in 1991 had a similar average size of 2.4 people. This compared with the 1991 GB average of 2.5 people per household.

Ethnicity: %99.99

A major source of employment and income in the county is tourism. The county annually receives 1.1 million British visitors and 50,000 foreign tourists who spend a total of £162million in the county