Whitfield Demographics (Dover, England)

Whitfield is a ward in Dover of South East, England and includes areas of Whitfield, Kearsney, Temple Ewell and River.

In the 2011 census the population of Whitfield was 5,142 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Whitfield is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

91.6% of people living in Whitfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Bangladesh.

97.2% of people living in Whitfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Nepalese, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Italian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Whitfield is 68.1% Christian, 22.6% No religion, 1.2% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 308 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

55.9% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.5% are separated or divorced. There are 194 widowed people living in Whitfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Whitfield are Administrative and secretarial 14.0%, Associate professional and technical 13.8%, Professional 12.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Administrative 11.3%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Elementary 10.2%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Sales 8.8%.