Gillingham North Demographics (Medway, England)

Gillingham North is a ward in Medway of South East, England and includes areas of Gads Hill and Lower Twydall.

In the 2011 census the population of Gillingham North was 17,854 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Gillingham North is 32, while the median age is lower at 29.

83.9% of people living in Gillingham North were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% India, 1.3% Nigeria, 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Ghana, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

92.6% of people living in Gillingham North speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.4% Urdu, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% German.

The religious make up of Gillingham North is 49.7% Christian, 34.8% No religion, 3.3% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 1.2% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,335 people did not state a religion. 78 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

33.4% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 1,094 widowed people living in Gillingham North.

The top occupations listed by people in Gillingham North are Elementary 17.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.1%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Professional 10.1%, Associate professional and technical 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.8%, Sales 9.4%.