Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Newcastle East and Wallsend
Area (km2) : 23
Resident Population in 2001: 80,626
People eligible to vote: 56,900
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 95.5
- Mixed : 0.7
- Asian : 2.5
- Black : 0.3
- Chinese/other : 1.1
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 35,527
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 5.7
Constituent Census Wards:
- Byker
- Dene
- Heaton
- Monkchester
- Northumberland (NT)
- Walker
- Walkergate
- Wallsend (NT)
* 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