Felling Demographics (Gateshead, England)

Felling is a ward in Gateshead of North East, England and includes areas of Heworth, Felling, Heworth Lane, Stadium Industrial Park, Old Fold, Pelaw Main, Heworth Shore, Low Felling, Bill Quay, Heworth Grange, Saltmeadows Industrial Estate, Pelaw Industrial Estate, Felling Shore, Friars Goose, High Heworth, Green Lane Industrial Estate, Pelaw, Coldwell, Gateshead Fell, Windy Nook, High Felling and Blue Quarries.

In the 2011 census the population of Felling was 8,908 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Felling is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

92.4% of people living in Felling were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% China, 0.3% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

96.1% of people living in Felling speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Felling is 63.9% Christian, 27.7% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 503 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

32.8% of people are married, 13.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.0% are separated or divorced. There are 649 widowed people living in Felling.

The top occupations listed by people in Felling are Elementary 18.2%, Elementary administration and service 15.1%, Sales and customer service 12.7%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Professional 10.0%, Associate professional and technical 9.8%, Administrative 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.4%.