Walkergate Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Walkergate is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of Walker, Walkerdene, Daisy Hill, Walkerville and Walkergate.

In the 2011 census the population of Walkergate was 9,463 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Walkergate is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

92.9% of people living in Walkergate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.5% Iran, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% China, 0.2% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Hong Kong .

96.3% of people living in Walkergate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Walkergate is 68.2% Christian, 23.9% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 537 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.9% of people are married, 11.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 530 widowed people living in Walkergate.

The top occupations listed by people in Walkergate are Administrative and secretarial 15.6%, Skilled trades 14.7%, Elementary 14.3%, Administrative 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Professional 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.1%, Associate professional and technical 9.1%.