St Peters, Thanet

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= St Peter's
static_

static_image_caption=St Peter's Church
latitude= 51.3651
longitude= 1.4191
population = 7,100 (2005) [cite web | title = 2005 Ward Level Population Estimates | publisher = Kent County Council | url = http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E503169D-C06B-498F-BD0A-678EE22B4D37/6841/sae108.pdf |date=September 2006| accessdate = 2007-08-20 ]
shire_district= Thanet
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= South Thanet
post_town= BROADSTAIRS|postcode_district = CT10
postcode_area= CT |dial_code= 01843
os_grid_reference= TR381684
london_distance=

St Peters "("scī Petr'" [1254] ; "scī Petri" [1270] ; "St. Peters" [1610] )" is a part 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 27 September 1850. The two settlements were formally merged administratively in 1895.

*The church has the right to fly the white ensign dating from when the Church Tower was used as a signalling station in the Napoleonic wars.
*The village sign won first prize in a nationwide competition in 1920.
*Edward Heath was born there.
*On the 27 April 1952 an American Thunderjet from Manston crashed in the main street with loss of life.

Demography

As of 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.cite web | title = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5945213&c=St+Peters&d=14&g=460343&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1204035085734&enc=1&domainId=16 | accessdate = 2008-02-26]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.broadstairs.gov.uk/ Broadstairs and St. Peters Town Council]
* [http://st.peterschurch.org.uk/ St Peter's Church]
* [http://www.villagetrail.co.uk/ St Peters Village Tour]