Garlinge Demographics (Thanet, England)

Garlinge is a ward in Thanet of South East, England and includes areas of Hartsdown, Garlinge and Dent De Lion.

In the 2011 census the population of Garlinge was 4,849 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Garlinge is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

93.7% of people living in Garlinge were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.2% India, 0.1% Iran, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Kenya.

98.1% of people living in Garlinge speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Nepalese, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% German, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Garlinge is 64.7% Christian, 27.6% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 296 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.1% of people are married, 11.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 242 widowed people living in Garlinge.

The top occupations listed by people in Garlinge are Skilled trades 16.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 15.6%, Caring personal service 12.7%, Professional 11.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Elementary 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.6%, Sales 8.7%.