Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Jarrow
Area (km2) : 52
Resident Population in 2001: 81,439
People eligible to vote: 61,814
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 98.5
- Mixed : 0.4
- Asian : 0.8
- Black : 0.1
- Chinese/other : 0.2
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 36,599
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 5.3
Constituent Census Wards:
- Bede
- Boldon Colliery
- Cleadon and East Boldon
- Fellgate and Hedworth
- Hebburn Quay
- Hebburn South
- Monkton
- Primrose
- Whitburn and Marsden
- Wrekendyke (GD)
* 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