Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Houghton and Washington East
Area (km2) : 79
Resident Population in 2001: 87,352
People eligible to vote: n/a
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 98.8
- Mixed : 0.3
- Asian : 0.6
- Black : 0.1
- Chinese/other : 0.3
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 40,012
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 3.3
Constituent Census Wards:
- Eppleton
- Hetton
- Houghton
- Ryhope
- Shiney Row
- Washington East
- Washington North
* 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