Barton Demographics (Canterbury, England)

Barton is a ward in Canterbury of South East, England and includes areas of Spring Lane, Oldpark, Vauxhall Estate, Vauxhall Road Estate, Whitefriars, Martyrs Field, Barton Estate, Barton Road Estate, St Martins, Dane John, Wincheap, Thanington, Wincheap Industrial Estate, South Canterbury and Nunnery Fields.

In the 2011 census the population of Barton was 10,817 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Barton is 35, while the median age is lower at 28.

72.2% of people living in Barton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.9% Scotland, 1.0% Northern Ireland, 1.0% India, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% China.

86.8% of people living in Barton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Nepalese, 1.0% Romanian, 0.7% Polish, 0.6% French, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.5% Greek, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Arabic.

The religious make up of Barton is 53.2% Christian, 29.0% No religion, 2.7% Muslim, 2.0% Hindu, 1.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,061 people did not state a religion. 52 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

37.1% of people are married, 8.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 39.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 411 widowed people living in Barton.

The top occupations listed by people in Barton are Professional 24.9%, Associate professional and technical 19.0%, Elementary 13.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.6%, Protective service 11.2%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 10.1%, Teaching and educational professionals 10.1%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.2%.