Woolsington Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Woolsington is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of Etal Park, Meadow Rise, Whorlton Grange, Etal Park Estate and Newbiggin Hall.

In the 2011 census the population of Woolsington was 11,160 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Woolsington is 39, while the median age is also 39.

91.9% of people living in Woolsington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Scotland, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% North Africa, 0.2% China, 0.2% Ireland.

97.0% of people living in Woolsington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% African language, 0.1% Urdu.

The religious make up of Woolsington is 63.4% Christian, 27.9% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Buddhist. 632 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

40.4% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 633 widowed people living in Woolsington.

The top occupations listed by people in Woolsington are Elementary 14.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.9%, Sales and customer service 12.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.6%, Skilled trades 12.6%, Professional 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Sales 10.0%, Administrative 9.9%, Associate professional and technical 9.9%.