Godinton Demographics (Ashford, England)

Godinton is a ward in Ashford of South East, England and includes areas of Shipley Hatch, Chilmington Green, Kingsnorth, Steed's Lane, Millbank Place, Great Chart and Bockhanger.

In the 2011 census the population of Godinton was 6,238 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Godinton is 35, while the median age is higher at 36.

83.0% of people living in Godinton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.9% India, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Australia.

90.2% of people living in Godinton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Nepalese, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% French, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Turkish.

The religious make up of Godinton is 58.5% Christian, 26.7% No religion, 2.8% Hindu, 2.1% Buddhist, 1.2% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh. 475 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

50.3% of people are married, 14.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 254 widowed people living in Godinton.

The top occupations listed by people in Godinton are Professional 15.7%, Associate professional and technical 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.1%, Elementary 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Administrative 8.7%, Elementary administration and service 8.4%.