Whiteleas Demographics (South Tyneside, England)

Whiteleas is a ward in South Tyneside of North East, England and includes areas of Cleadon Park Estate, Cleadon Manor, Cleadon and Cleadon Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Whiteleas was 8,259 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Whiteleas is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

97.0% of people living in Whiteleas were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Iran, 0.1% United States.

99.3% of people living in Whiteleas speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Whiteleas is 71.6% Christian, 20.3% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 548 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.6% of people are married, 9.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.0% are separated or divorced. There are 537 widowed people living in Whiteleas.

The top occupations listed by people in Whiteleas are Skilled trades 15.0%, Elementary 13.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Professional 9.5%, Sales 9.2%.