Sheerness East Demographics (Swale, England)

Sheerness East is a ward in Swale of South East, England and includes areas of Minster On Sea, East Minster, Scrapsgate and Sheerness East.

In the 2011 census the population of Sheerness East was 5,842 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Sheerness East is 34, while the median age is lower at 31.

90.8% of people living in Sheerness East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Australia, 0.1% India, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa.

94.6% of people living in Sheerness East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Polish, 1.5% Lithuanian, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Slovak, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Urdu.

The religious make up of Sheerness East is 53.5% Christian, 37.6% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 369 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

30.2% of people are married, 16.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 14.5% are separated or divorced. There are 448 widowed people living in Sheerness East.

The top occupations listed by people in Sheerness East are Elementary 22.8%, Elementary administration and service 14.2%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.3%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%, Sales and customer service 8.6%, Elementary trades and related 8.6%.