Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - South Shields
Area (km2) : 20
Resident Population in 2001: 81,580
People eligible to vote: 59,403
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 96.3
- Mixed : 0.9
- Asian : 2.2
- Black : 0.3
- Chinese/other : 0.3
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 34,356
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 7.6
Constituent Census Wards:
- All Saints
- Beacon and Bents
- Biddick Hall
- Cleadon Park
- Harton
- Horsley Hill
- Rekendyke
- Tyne Dock and Simonside
- Westoe
- West Park
- Whiteleas
* 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