Tankerton Demographics (Canterbury, England)

Tankerton is a ward in Canterbury of South East, England and includes areas of Tankerton, St. Augustines Business Park and Swalecliffe.

In the 2011 census the population of Tankerton was 4,613 and is made up of approximately 54% females and 46% males.

The average age of people in Tankerton is 48, while the median age is higher at 51.

91.3% of people living in Tankerton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.9% Ireland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% Bangladesh.

98.6% of people living in Tankerton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Igbo, 0.1% German, 0.1% All other languages, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Tankerton is 67.9% Christian, 21.0% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Sikh. 411 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

55.1% of people are married, 8.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.9% are separated or divorced. There are 205 widowed people living in Tankerton.

The top occupations listed by people in Tankerton are Professional 22.8%, Associate professional and technical 14.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 11.5%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 9.7%, Teaching and educational professionals 9.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Administrative 8.3%, Elementary 7.8%.