Profile: Parliamentary Constituency - Sunderland South

Area (km2) : 24

Resident Population in 2001: 82,968

People eligible to vote: n/a

Ethnic Groups (%)

    • White : 97.4
    • Mixed : 0.5
    • Asian : 1.7
    • Black : 0.2
    • Chinese/other : 0.3

Economically Active Population (Census 2001) : 35,125

Claimant Unemployment Rate* (March 2005) : 5.4

Constituent Census Wards:

    • Grindon
    • Hendon
    • Silksworth
    • South Hylton
    • St. Chad's
    • St. Michael's
    • Thorney Close
    • Thornholme

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