Folkestone Cheriton Demographics (Shepway, England)

Folkestone Cheriton is a ward in Shepway of South East, England and includes areas of Cheriton, Morehall and Coolinge.

In the 2011 census the population of Folkestone Cheriton was 7,959 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Folkestone Cheriton is 37, while the median age is also 37.

78.0% of people living in Folkestone Cheriton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Hong Kong , 1.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% China, 0.2% Bangladesh.

83.9% of people living in Folkestone Cheriton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 14.6% Nepalese, 0.2% Slovak, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% South Asian Language, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Folkestone Cheriton is 53.0% Christian, 22.6% No religion, 9.0% Hindu, 5.1% Buddhist, 0.9% Muslim. 694 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.6% of people are married, 10.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.3% are separated or divorced. There are 462 widowed people living in Folkestone Cheriton.

The top occupations listed by people in Folkestone Cheriton are Elementary 16.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.3%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Sales and customer service 11.6%, Caring personal service 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.3%, Sales 8.8%.