Fawdon Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Fawdon is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of Gosforth, Barronswood, Fawdon, Kenton, Brunton Park, Kenton Bar, Regent Farm, Coxlodge, North Kenton, Kenton Bar Estate, Regent Centre, Regent Farm Estate, Grange Park, Kingston Park Shopping Centre, Ouseburn Park, Tudor Grange Estate, Bank Top, Tudor Grange, Low Gosforth, Three Mile Bridge, Kingston Park, Airport Industrial Estate, Fencer Hill and Belverdere Retail Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Fawdon was 10,090 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Fawdon is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

89.4% of people living in Fawdon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.5% Iran, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% North Africa, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Nigeria.

94.9% of people living in Fawdon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% French, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.3% Bengali, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Fawdon is 59.7% Christian, 29.3% No religion, 2.9% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 634 people did not state a religion. 42 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.3% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 673 widowed people living in Fawdon.

The top occupations listed by people in Fawdon are Elementary 15.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.4%, Sales and customer service 13.1%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Professional 11.8%, Administrative 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Sales 9.5%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%.