St Peters, Kent

St Peters

St Peter's Church
St Peters
 St Peters shown within Kent
Population 7,042 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTR381684
Civil parishBroadstairs and St Peter's
DistrictThanet
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BROADSTAIRS
Postcode district CT10
Dialling code 01843
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentSouth Thanet
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Coordinates: 51°21′54″N 1°25′09″E / 51.3651°N 1.4191°E / 51.3651; 1.4191

The Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea on Broadstairs Road is named after the Shrine of Our Lady above Broadstairs harbour.
St Peter-in-Thanet road sign

St Peters ("scī Petr'" [1254], "scī Petri" [1270], "Sti Petri in Insula de Thaneto",[2] "St. Peters" [1610]) is an area of Broadstairs, a town on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. Historically a village, it was outgrown by the long-dominant settlement of the two, Broadstairs, after 1841. Originally the borough or manor of the church of St. Peter-in-Thanet (the second daughter church of Minster, established 1070, although the first written record of its present name is 1124), it was said to be the largest parish east of London, at least until Broadstairs became a separate parish on 27 September 1850. The two settlements were formally merged administratively in 1895.

Demography

St Peters compared
2001 UK CensusSt Peters wardThanet boroughEngland
Population6,761126,70249,138,831
Foreign born4.3%5.1%9.2%
White97.8%97.7%90.9%
Asian1.2%0.9%4.6%
Black0.2%0.3%2.3%
Christian75.7%73.6%71.7%
Muslim0.3%0.5%3.1%
Hindu0.3%0.2%1.1%
No religion14%15.9%14.6%
Unemployed2.8%4.4%3.3%
Retired19.2%17.5%13.5%

At the 2001 UK census, the St Peters electoral ward had a population of 6,761. The ethnicity was 97.8% white, 0.7% mixed race, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% black and 0.1% other. The place of birth of residents was 95.7% United Kingdom, 0.7% Republic of Ireland, 0.9% other Western European countries, and 2.7% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 75.7% Christian, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, and 0.3% Muslim. 14% were recorded as having no religion, 0.4% had an alternative religion and 8.6% did not state their religion.[6]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 38% in full-time employment, 13.6% in part-time employment, 9% self-employed, 2.8% unemployed, 2.2% students with jobs, 3.9% students without jobs, 19.2% retired, 5.7% looking after home or family, 3.3% permanently sick or disabled and 2.3% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 16.1% retail, 14.9% manufacturing, 7.2% construction, 9.3% real estate, 13.2% health and social work, 12.1% education, 7.3% transport and communications, 5.5% public administration, 4.7% hotels and restaurants, 2.5% finance, 1% agriculture and 6.2% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in education and health and social work. There were a relatively low proportion in agriculture, real estate and finance. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 15.5% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP40/647; Year 1422; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/aCP40no647fronts/IMG_0239.htm; second entry, John Excetre esquire, as defendant, in a plea of debt
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/day-death-fell-isle-skies/story-15933267-detail/story.html
  5. ↑ http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jet-plane-crash-kills-three
  6. 1 2 "Neighbourhood Statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-26.

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