Folkestone Harbour Demographics (Shepway, England)

Folkestone Harbour is a ward in Shepway of South East, England and includes areas of Horn Street, Bowles Well Gardens and Highfield Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Folkestone Harbour was 5,638 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Folkestone Harbour is 37, while the median age is also 37.

86.8% of people living in Folkestone Harbour were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% South Africa.

93.8% of people living in Folkestone Harbour speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Slovak, 0.6% Czech, 0.6% Polish, 0.4% French, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% German, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Albanian.

The religious make up of Folkestone Harbour is 56.2% Christian, 32.2% No religion, 1.5% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist. 443 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

31.1% of people are married, 15.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 14.4% are separated or divorced. There are 472 widowed people living in Folkestone Harbour.

The top occupations listed by people in Folkestone Harbour are Elementary 15.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.3%, Skilled trades 13.3%, Sales and customer service 13.2%, Elementary administration and service 13.1%, Sales 10.8%, Professional 10.2%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Associate professional and technical 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%.