The constituency consisted mostly of residential areas, a majority of neighbourhoods of which were
council housing. Of these a slight majority, rather than being
social housing, is now private under the
Right to Buy, such as
Bulwell. Overall, its census Super Output Areas have the lowest income of the three Nottingham constituencies, and was the city's
safest seat for the Labour Party, though 2017 and 2019 saw considerable increases in the Conservative vote, in line with other Leave and heavily working-class areas, making this seat Nottingham's most marginal for Labour.
Male unemployment in 2010 was significantly higher than female unemployment in this constituency, which had the highest overall percentage of claimants in the county of
Nottinghamshire, slightly more than Nottingham East. ;Causes of Unemployment The decline of coal mining and the textile industry in the area in 1970–2000 brought the highest unemployment in the county to Nottingham North, with a peak of 12.8% of its residents being registered unemployed in 2009. ==Boundaries ==