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