Shepway South Demographics (Maidstone, England)

Shepway South is a ward in Maidstone of South East, England and includes areas of Shepway, Downswood, Senacre, Otham, Bearsted and Willington.

In the 2011 census the population of Shepway South was 5,895 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Shepway South is 42, while the median age is also 42.

91.8% of people living in Shepway South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.1% Bangladesh.

96.4% of people living in Shepway South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.5% Nepalese, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Shepway South is 62.1% Christian, 28.8% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 358 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.2% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.1% are separated or divorced. There are 400 widowed people living in Shepway South.

The top occupations listed by people in Shepway South are Elementary 18.2%, Skilled trades 15.8%, Elementary administration and service 15.3%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Sales 10.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.7%, Caring personal service 8.6%.