Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Gateshead East and Washington West
Area (km2) : 28
Resident Population in 2001: 80,684
People eligible to vote: 61,421
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 98.7
- Mixed : 0.4
- Asian : 0.5
- Black : 0.1
- Chinese/other : 0.3
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 37,287
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 3.6
Constituent Census Wards:
- Chowdene
- Felling
- High Fell
- Leam
- Low Fell
- Pelaw and Heworth
- Washington South (SD)
- Washington West (SD)
* 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