Shoeburyness Demographics (Southend-on-Sea, England)

Shoeburyness is a ward in Southend-on-Sea of East of England, England and includes areas of Shoeburyness, Courtsend, Churchend, Foulness Island, Court End, Havengore, South Shoebury, Cambridge Town and Foulness.

In the 2011 census the population of Shoeburyness was 11,159 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Shoeburyness is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

91.4% of people living in Shoeburyness were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Philippines.

97.2% of people living in Shoeburyness speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Shona, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Shoeburyness is 54.8% Christian, 34.2% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.6% Jewish, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 853 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.6% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.1% are separated or divorced. There are 794 widowed people living in Shoeburyness.

The top occupations listed by people in Shoeburyness are Administrative and secretarial 15.4%, Professional 11.9%, Administrative 11.8%, Elementary 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Sales and customer service 9.3%.