Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Tyne Bridge
Area (km2) : 26
Resident Population in 2001: 77,680
People eligible to vote: 53,568
Ethnic Groups (%)
- White : 93.9
- Mixed : 0.7
- Asian : 4.0
- Black : 0.4
- Chinese/other : 1.0
Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 31,900
Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 8.2
Constituent Census Wards:
- Bede
- Bensham
- Benwell (NC)
- Deckham
- Dunston
- Elswick (NC)
- Saltwell
- Scotswood (NC)
- Teams
- West City (NC)
* 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