North Heaton Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

North Heaton is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of Heaton, Jesmond Park East, Fairways Estate, Cochrane Park, Benton, Longbenton, Little Benton, Four Lane Ends, Church Green, Jesmond Park West, Victoria Glade and High Heaton.

In the 2011 census the population of North Heaton was 9,574 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in North Heaton is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

87.2% of people living in North Heaton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Scotland, 1.2% Pakistan, 0.9% Northern Ireland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.7% China, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Nigeria.

94.5% of people living in North Heaton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Bengali, 0.7% All other Chinese, 0.5% Urdu, 0.5% Panjabi, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% French, 0.2% German, 0.2% Russian.

The religious make up of North Heaton is 56.0% Christian, 28.6% No religion, 5.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 659 people did not state a religion. 49 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.7% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.0% are separated or divorced. There are 347 widowed people living in North Heaton.

The top occupations listed by people in North Heaton are Professional 27.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative 10.4%, Elementary 9.0%, Sales and customer service 9.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.6%, Health professionals 8.5%, Elementary administration and service 8.2%, Skilled trades 7.8%.