Tanfield Demographics (County Durham, England)

Tanfield is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Hare Law, Kip Hill, Shield Row, Tanfield Lea, Dipton, Harperley, Tanfield, Tantobie, Urpeth, No Place and Beamish.

In the 2011 census the population of Tanfield was 8,270 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Tanfield is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

96.8% of people living in Tanfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% India, 0.0% China.

99.2% of people living in Tanfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Tanfield is 70.4% Christian, 22.5% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh. 482 people did not state a religion. 27 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.2% of people are married, 12.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 442 widowed people living in Tanfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Tanfield are Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Professional 13.6%, Skilled trades 13.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.1%, Administrative 10.8%, Elementary 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 10.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.0%.