Birchington North Demographics (Thanet, England)

Birchington North is a ward in Thanet of South East, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Birchington North was 3,700 and is made up of approximately 54% females and 46% males.

The average age of people in Birchington North is 54, while the median age is higher at 59.

90.5% of people living in Birchington North were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 1.0% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% North Africa.

98.1% of people living in Birchington North speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% French, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Birchington North is 73.0% Christian, 17.8% No religion, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu. 265 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.0% of people are married, 7.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 13.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 183 widowed people living in Birchington North.

The top occupations listed by people in Birchington North are Professional 20.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Administrative 9.0%, Corporate managers and directors 8.9%, Caring personal service 8.1%, Sales and customer service 7.0%.