Newington, Thanet

This article is about the settlement of Newington near Ramsgate. For the settlement of Newington near Sittingbourne, see Newington, Swale. For the settlement of Newington near Folkestone, see Newington, Folkestone and Hythe.

Human settlement in England

Newington

Staner Court

Newington

Location within Kent

Population| 5,044 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference| TR365665
District|

* Thanet

Shire county|

* Kent

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Ramsgate
Postcode district| CT12
Dialling code| 01843
Police| Kent
Fire| Kent
Ambulance| South East Coast
UK Parliament|

* East Thanet

List of places

England
Kent

51°20′46″N 1°23′30″E﻿ / ﻿51.3460°N 1.3917°E﻿ / 51.3460; 1.3917

Newington is a suburb in the west of the town of Ramsgate, on the eastern tip of Kent, England.

## History

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Ramsgate Borough Council developed the Newington Estate in the late 1940s to replace housing lost in World War II. Residents of the estate crowdfunded St Christopher's Church which was dedicated in 1955.[2]

## Demography

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Newington compared

2011 UK Census | Newington ward | Thanet District | England
Population | 5,044 | 126,702 | 49,138,831
Foreign born | 2.6% | 5.1% | 9.2%
White | 93.1% | 97.7% | 90.9%
Asian | 0.70% | 0.9% | 4.6%
Black | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2.3%
Christian | 67.8% | 73.6% | 71.7%
Muslim | 0.3% | 0.5% | 3.1%
Hindu | 0% | 0.2% | 1.1%
No religion | 21.7% | 15.9% | 14.6%
Unemployed | 6.5% | 4.4% | 3.3%
Retired | 13.2% | 17.5% | 13.5%

At the 2001 UK census, the Newington electoral ward had a population of 5,009. The ethnicity was 98.8% white, 0.8% mixed race, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% black and 0.1% other. The place of birth of residents was 97.4% United Kingdom, 0.3% Republic of Ireland, 0.8% other Western European countries, and 1.5% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 67.8% Christian, 0.1% Buddhist, 0% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, and 0.3% Muslim. 21.7% were recorded as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 9.8% did not state their religion.[3]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 32.4% in full-time employment, 13.2% in part-time employment, 4% self-employed, 6.5% unemployed, 2.5% students with jobs, 3.2% students without jobs, 13.2% retired, 12.3% looking after home or family, 8.9% permanently sick or disabled and 3.9% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 20.4% retail, 17.7% manufacturing, 10% construction, 8.7% real estate, 11.9% health and social work, 6.8% education, 8.8% transport and communications, 3.2% public administration, 5.2% hotels and restaurants, 1.1% finance, 1.5% agriculture and 4.7% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in retail, construction, transport and communications. There were a relatively low proportion in finance, public administration and real estate. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 4.8% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Ramsgate Ward population 2011.accessdate=2 October 2015".
2. ^ Parish of St Laurence-in-Thanet https://www.stlaurenceparish-ramsgate.org.uk/st-christopher-history-33
3. ^ a b "Neighbourhood Statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2008.

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Towns and villages in the Thanet district of Kent, England

| Unparished areas|

* Margate

Civil parishes|

* Acol
* Birchington
* Broadstairs and St Peter's (town)
* Cliffsend
* Manston
* Minster
* Monkton
* Ramsgate (town)
* Sarre
* St Nicholas-at-Wade
* Westgate-on-Sea

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* Broadstairs
* Brooks End
* Cliftonville
* Ebbsfleet
* Flete
* Garlinge
* Newington
* Northdown
* Palm Bay
* Sevenscore
* St Peter's
* Westbrook
* Westwood

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