Ouseburn Demographics (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)

Ouseburn is a ward in Newcastle upon Tyne of North East, England and includes areas of Stepney, Jesmond, Shieldfield, Jesmond Vale, Sandyford, Tyneside and Wellburn Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Ouseburn was 11,352 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Ouseburn is 30, while the median age is lower at 23.

71.7% of people living in Ouseburn were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.6% China, 3.1% Northern Ireland, 2.5% Scotland, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.8% Iran, 0.6% India, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.4% United States.

83.8% of people living in Ouseburn speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% All other Chinese, 1.0% Arabic, 0.9% Persian/Farsi, 0.7% Cantonese Chinese, 0.7% Thai, 0.6% Mandarin Chinese, 0.6% Greek, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Polish.

The religious make up of Ouseburn is 43.2% Christian, 40.9% No religion, 3.5% Muslim, 2.3% Buddhist, 1.0% Hindu, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Jewish. 801 people did not state a religion. 99 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

13.0% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 61.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 523 widowed people living in Ouseburn.

The top occupations listed by people in Ouseburn are Professional 21.1%, Elementary 17.8%, Elementary administration and service 17.0%, Sales and customer service 16.6%, Sales 13.7%, Associate professional and technical 13.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 12.5%, Administrative and secretarial 8.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.1%.