Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - North Tyneside

Area (km2) : 47

Resident Population in 2001: 86,901

People eligible to vote: 64,634

Ethnic Groups (%)

White : 98.4
Mixed : 0.4
Asian : 0.6
Black : 0.2
Chinese/other : 0.4

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 40,473

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 4.5

Constituent Census Wards:

Battle Hill
Benton
Camperdown
Holystone
Howdon
Longbenton
Riverside
Valley
Weetslade

* 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