Bede Demographics (South Tyneside, England)

Bede is a ward in South Tyneside of North East, England and includes areas of Simonside, Royal Industrial Estate, Bede Trading Estate, Viking Industrial Estate, East Jarrow, Jarrow On Tyne, Low Simonside and Bladen Street Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Bede was 7,621 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Bede is 41, while the median age is also 41.

96.8% of people living in Bede were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% South America.

98.9% of people living in Bede speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Scots, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Lingala.

The religious make up of Bede is 71.4% Christian, 21.5% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 405 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.7% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 509 widowed people living in Bede.

The top occupations listed by people in Bede are Elementary 16.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.8%, Skilled trades 13.3%, Elementary administration and service 13.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.4%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Caring personal service 10.9%, Administrative 9.4%, Sales 9.0%.