Folkestone Morehall Demographics (Shepway, England)

Folkestone Morehall is a ward in Shepway of South East, England and includes areas of Cheriton, Morehall and Coolinge.

In the 2011 census the population of Folkestone Morehall was 4,797 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Folkestone Morehall is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

85.9% of people living in Folkestone Morehall were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% South Africa, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Philippines.

93.0% of people living in Folkestone Morehall speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Nepalese, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Folkestone Morehall is 59.3% Christian, 27.6% No religion, 3.1% Hindu, 1.7% Buddhist, 0.8% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 310 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.3% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 229 widowed people living in Folkestone Morehall.

The top occupations listed by people in Folkestone Morehall are Professional 14.8%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Elementary 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 11.7%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Administrative 9.1%, Caring personal service 8.9%.