Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Sunderland North

Area (km2) : 23

Resident Population in 2001: 80,920

People eligible to vote: n/a

Ethnic Groups (%)

    • White : 98.0
    • Mixed : 0.4
    • Asian : 0.9
    • Black : 0.2
    • Chinese/other : 0.5

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 34,227

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 5.1

Constituent Census Wards:

    • Castletown
    • Central
    • Colliery
    • Fulwell
    • Pallion
    • Southwick
    • St. Peter's
    • Town End Farm

n/a = not available

* 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