Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Blaydon
Area (km2) : 108
Resident Population in 2001: 80,302
People eligible to vote: 62,412
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 99.1
- Mixed : 0.3
- Asian : 0.4
- Black : 0.1
- Chinese/other : 0.2
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 37,669
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 2.9
Constituent Census Wards:
- Birtley
- Blaydon
- Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
- Crawcrook and Greenside
- Lamesley
- Ryton
- Whickham North
- Whickham South
- Winlaton
* uses economically active population from 2001 Census as denominator.
Source: Population figures; 2001 Census Area Statistics, © Crown Copyright. Ethnicity figures; 2001 Census Area Statistics, © Crown Copyright. 2001 Census Standard Tables, © Crown Copyright