North Tyneside Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of North Tyneside was 200,801 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in North Tyneside is 41, while the median age is also 41.

93.2% of people living in North Tyneside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Scotland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% South Africa.

98.1% of people living in North Tyneside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% French, 0.1% German, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of North Tyneside is 63.8% Christian, 27.6% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 12,792 people did not state a religion. 646 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 19 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.8% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 12,220 widowed people living in North Tyneside.

The top occupations listed by people in North Tyneside are Professional 17.7%, Administrative and secretarial 14.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.1%, Administrative 11.8%, Sales and customer service 10.7%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Elementary 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.0%, Elementary administration and service 9.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.5%.