Margate Central Demographics (Thanet, England)

Margate Central is a ward in Thanet of South East, England and includes areas of Dane Park and Forthill.

In the 2011 census the population of Margate Central was 5,383 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Margate Central is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

82.6% of people living in Margate Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% Philippines, 0.4% North Africa, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

88.9% of people living in Margate Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 1.1% Slovak, 1.0% Latvian, 0.9% British sign language, 0.8% Czech, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Malayalam, 0.3% Russian.

The religious make up of Margate Central is 54.5% Christian, 34.5% No religion, 1.6% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 384 people did not state a religion. 38 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

24.2% of people are married, 17.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 16.7% are separated or divorced. There are 504 widowed people living in Margate Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Margate Central are Elementary 19.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 17.0%, Elementary administration and service 14.8%, Caring personal service 13.9%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Caring Personal Services 11.0%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.7%, Professional 8.7%, Sales 8.5%.