Lake North Demographics (Isle of Wight, England)

Lake North is a ward in Isle of Wight of South East, England and includes areas of Lake, Merrie Gardens and Whitecross.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake North was 3,871 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Lake North is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

93.8% of people living in Lake North were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% China, 0.2% United States, 0.1% India.

98.8% of people living in Lake North speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Telugu.

The religious make up of Lake North is 62.7% Christian, 29.1% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 267 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.7% of people are married, 9.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.3% are separated or divorced. There are 242 widowed people living in Lake North.

The top occupations listed by people in Lake North are Skilled trades 16.6%, Elementary 14.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.0%, Elementary administration and service 12.2%, Professional 11.1%, Caring personal service 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.7%, Sales 9.3%.