Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Gateshead East and Washington West

Area (km2) : 28

Resident Population in 2001: 80,684

People eligible to vote: 61,421

Ethnic Groups (%)

    • White : 98.7
    • Mixed : 0.4
    • Asian : 0.5
    • Black : 0.1
    • Chinese/other : 0.3

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 37,287

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 3.6

Constituent Census Wards:

    • Chowdene
    • Felling
    • High Fell
    • Leam
    • Low Fell
    • Pelaw and Heworth
    • Washington South (SD)
    • Washington West (SD)

* 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