Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Houghton and Washington East

Area (km2) : 79

Resident Population in 2001: 87,352

People eligible to vote: n/a

Ethnic Groups (%)

    • White : 98.8
    • Mixed : 0.3
    • Asian : 0.6
    • Black : 0.1
    • Chinese/other : 0.3

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 40,012

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 3.3

Constituent Census Wards:

    • Eppleton
    • Hetton
    • Houghton
    • Ryhope
    • Shiney Row
    • Washington East
    • Washington North

* 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