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