Newport Demographics (North Devon, England)

Newport is a ward in North Devon of South West, England and includes areas of Barbican and Barbican Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Newport was 4,629 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Newport is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

91.7% of people living in Newport were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Australia.

97.7% of people living in Newport speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Sinhala, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Newport is 56.9% Christian, 31.5% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh. 416 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.8% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 289 widowed people living in Newport.

The top occupations listed by people in Newport are Professional 15.0%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.8%, Elementary 11.2%, Sales and customer service 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Sales 9.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.2%.