Denton Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Denton is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of West Denton, Westerhope, Denton Burn, Blakelaw Estate and East Denton.

In the 2011 census the population of Denton was 10,500 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Denton is 42, while the median age is also 42.

95.5% of people living in Denton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% India, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Bangladesh.

98.7% of people living in Denton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% French, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Denton is 69.5% Christian, 23.6% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 585 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.5% of people are married, 10.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 583 widowed people living in Denton.

The top occupations listed by people in Denton are Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Skilled trades 13.4%, Sales and customer service 13.3%, Elementary 13.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.0%, Elementary administration and service 11.5%, Sales 11.0%, Administrative 10.7%, Associate professional and technical 9.7%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.5%.