Tilgate Demographics (Crawley, England)

Tilgate is a ward in Crawley of South East, England and includes areas of Pease Pottage and Tilgate.

In the 2011 census the population of Tilgate was 6,078 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Tilgate is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

84.3% of people living in Tilgate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% India, 1.0% Scotland, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Kenya, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Zimbabwe.

92.3% of people living in Tilgate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Urdu, 0.7% Gujarati, 0.6% Tamil, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% All other languages, 0.3% Bengali.

The religious make up of Tilgate is 57.9% Christian, 27.3% No religion, 4.8% Muslim, 2.3% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 391 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.3% of people are married, 9.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 344 widowed people living in Tilgate.

The top occupations listed by people in Tilgate are Elementary 15.4%, Elementary administration and service 14.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.9%, Professional 10.1%, Administrative 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.2%.