Westgate Demographics (Canterbury, England)

Westgate is a ward in Canterbury of South East, England and includes areas of Black Prince's Chantry, St. Mildreds, St. Dunstans, London Road Estate and Harbledown.

In the 2011 census the population of Westgate was 10,514 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Westgate is 36, while the median age is lower at 28.

75.8% of people living in Westgate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.0% United States, 0.9% India, 0.9% China, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Northern Ireland.

88.6% of people living in Westgate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% French, 1.1% All other Chinese, 0.9% Greek, 0.7% German, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Arabic, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Turkish.

The religious make up of Westgate is 53.0% Christian, 32.9% No religion, 2.3% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Sikh. 802 people did not state a religion. 75 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

27.4% of people are married, 11.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 44.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.5% are separated or divorced. There are 501 widowed people living in Westgate.

The top occupations listed by people in Westgate are Professional 28.9%, Teaching and educational professionals 13.4%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 13.4%, Elementary 12.8%, Elementary administration and service 11.6%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.8%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Sales 8.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.4%.