Westcourt Demographics (Gravesham, England)

Westcourt is a ward in Gravesham of South East, England and includes areas of Marling Cross, Thong, Riverview Park and Shorne.

In the 2011 census the population of Westcourt was 6,884 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

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

89.0% of people living in Westcourt were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Nigeria, 1.3% India, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.2% South Africa.

95.4% of people living in Westcourt speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Panjabi, 0.7% Polish, 0.4% Slovak, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Westcourt is 63.8% Christian, 23.9% No religion, 2.8% Sikh, 1.5% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist. 436 people did not state a religion. 7 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.1% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 366 widowed people living in Westcourt.

The top occupations listed by people in Westcourt are Elementary 15.4%, Skilled trades 15.2%, Elementary administration and service 13.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Sales and customer service 10.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Sales 9.8%, Professional 9.6%, Administrative 8.5%.