Harton Demographics (South Tyneside, England)

Harton is a ward in South Tyneside of North East, England and includes areas of Horsley Hill, Harton Nook, Horsley Vale and Harton Village.

In the 2011 census the population of Harton was 8,409 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Harton is 43, while the median age is higher at 45.

96.7% of people living in Harton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Iran, 0.1% China, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% South Africa.

99.4% of people living in Harton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bengali.

The religious make up of Harton is 72.9% Christian, 20.1% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 490 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.2% of people are married, 8.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 487 widowed people living in Harton.

The top occupations listed by people in Harton are Skilled trades 13.3%, Professional 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 12.8%, Elementary 12.0%, Sales and customer service 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.7%, Administrative 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Sales 9.2%.