Gascoigne Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Gascoigne is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Upney.

In the 2011 census the population of Gascoigne was 12,452 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Gascoigne is 29, while the median age is lower at 28.

51.1% of people living in Gascoigne were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.3% Nigeria, 3.6% Pakistan, 3.6% India, 2.7% Somalia, 2.4% Ghana, 2.2% Bangladesh, 0.9% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Kenya, 0.7% North Africa.

66.8% of people living in Gascoigne speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Albanian, 3.0% Urdu, 2.2% Swahili/Kiswahili, 2.2% Bengali, 2.1% Lithuanian, 1.8% French, 1.7% Turkish, 1.5% Panjabi, 1.5% Polish.

The religious make up of Gascoigne is 47.2% Christian, 26.1% Muslim, 13.3% No religion, 3.6% Hindu, 1.9% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 849 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.6% of people are married, 7.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.8% are separated or divorced. There are 636 widowed people living in Gascoigne.

The top occupations listed by people in Gascoigne are Elementary 20.1%, Elementary administration and service 18.5%, Professional 13.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Skilled trades 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Administrative 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.6%.