Sheerness West Demographics (Swale, England)

Sheerness West is a ward in Swale of South East, England and includes areas of Minster, Mile Town, Marine Town, West Minster, Queensway Estate and Blue Town.

In the 2011 census the population of Sheerness West was 6,096 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Sheerness West is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

93.4% of people living in Sheerness West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% United States, 0.1% South America.

97.6% of people living in Sheerness West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Any Sign Communication System.

The religious make up of Sheerness West is 58.5% Christian, 33.6% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 404 people did not state a religion. 11 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.4% of people are married, 15.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.8% are separated or divorced. There are 454 widowed people living in Sheerness West.

The top occupations listed by people in Sheerness West are Elementary 20.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 16.9%, Elementary administration and service 14.5%, Skilled trades 13.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.7%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.2%, Administrative 8.1%.