Northgate Demographics (Canterbury, England)

Northgate is a ward in Canterbury of South East, England and includes areas of Vauxhall Estate, Oldpark, Vauxhall Road Estate, Whitefriars, Spring Lane, St Martins, Martyrs Field, Barton Estate, Barton Road Estate and Dane John.

In the 2011 census the population of Northgate was 7,002 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Northgate is 32, while the median age is lower at 23.

79.0% of people living in Northgate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% India, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Hong Kong , 0.5% China, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South America.

87.5% of people living in Northgate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Romanian, 1.0% Polish, 1.0% Malay, 0.8% Nepalese, 0.7% Slovak, 0.7% French, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Northgate is 53.7% Christian, 32.6% No religion, 2.9% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 458 people did not state a religion. 55 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

23.3% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 49.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 406 widowed people living in Northgate.

The top occupations listed by people in Northgate are Elementary 21.4%, Elementary administration and service 20.0%, Sales and customer service 18.1%, Sales 16.3%, Professional 15.6%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 14.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Skilled trades 8.9%, Caring personal service 8.8%, Teaching and educational professionals 7.3%.