Chowdene Demographics (Gateshead, England)

Chowdene is a ward in Gateshead of North East, England and includes areas of Chowdene Estate, Beacon Lough Estate, Low Fell, Beacon Lough East, Beacon Lough, Lyndhurst, Eighton and Lyndhurst Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Chowdene was 9,091 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Chowdene is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

96.0% of people living in Chowdene were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.2% Iran, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.7% of people living in Chowdene speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Tigrinya, 0.1% French, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Chowdene is 72.2% Christian, 20.6% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Humanist. 500 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.4% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 572 widowed people living in Chowdene.

The top occupations listed by people in Chowdene are Administrative and secretarial 14.5%, Professional 12.5%, Elementary 12.4%, Sales and customer service 12.1%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Administrative 11.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.2%, Sales 9.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%.