Newington Demographics (Thanet, England)

Newington is a ward in Thanet of South East, England and includes areas of Hollicondane, Pysons Road, Eurokent Business Park, Northwood and Whitehall.

In the 2011 census the population of Newington was 5,044 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Newington is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.

93.1% of people living in Newington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

97.6% of people living in Newington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% French, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Newington is 52.8% Christian, 38.3% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish. 336 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.0% of people are married, 13.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.7% are separated or divorced. There are 387 widowed people living in Newington.

The top occupations listed by people in Newington are Elementary 16.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.4%, Sales and customer service 13.4%, Caring personal service 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Sales 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.6%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.7%, Caring Personal Services 7.9%.