Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Blaydon

Area (km2) : 108

Resident Population in 2001: 80,302

People eligible to vote: 62,412

Ethnic Groups (%)

    • White : 99.1
    • Mixed : 0.3
    • Asian : 0.4
    • Black : 0.1
    • Chinese/other : 0.2

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 37,669

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 2.9

Constituent Census Wards:

    • Birtley
    • Blaydon
    • Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
    • Crawcrook and Greenside
    • Lamesley
    • Ryton
    • Whickham North
    • Whickham South
    • Winlaton

* 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