Wingate Demographics (County Durham, England)

Wingate is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Old Shotton Village, Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Oakerside Park, Oakerside, West Grange Industrial Estate, Hurworth Burn, Wingate Grange, Station Town and Vicarage Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Wingate was 10,302 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Wingate is 40, while the median age is higher at 42.

96.0% of people living in Wingate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% North Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa.

99.0% of people living in Wingate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Japanese.

The religious make up of Wingate is 75.0% Christian, 18.6% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 529 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

50.2% of people are married, 11.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 536 widowed people living in Wingate.

The top occupations listed by people in Wingate are Professional 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.4%, Elementary 10.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.7%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Administrative 9.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.0%.