Sheppey Central Demographics (Swale, England)

Sheppey Central is a ward in Swale of South East, England and includes areas of Brambledown, Minster On Sea, Eastchurch, Halfway Houses, Kings Ferry, Halfway, Elmley, Warden Bay, Warden, Leysdown-On-Sea, Harty, Shellness, The Hamlet and Sayes Court.

In the 2011 census the population of Sheppey Central was 10,298 and is made up of approximately 45% females and 55% males.

The average age of people in Sheppey Central is 39, while the median age is also 39.

92.8% of people living in Sheppey Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

97.8% of people living in Sheppey Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Sheppey Central is 61.1% Christian, 28.5% No religion, 1.5% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish. 693 people did not state a religion. 55 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.1% of people are married, 15.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 466 widowed people living in Sheppey Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Sheppey Central are Skilled trades 15.2%, Elementary 13.9%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Professional 8.6%, Administrative 8.6%.