Amesbury East Demographics (Wiltshire, England)

Amesbury East is a ward in Wiltshire of South West, England and includes areas of Boscombe Down, Wilsford, Normanton, Amesbury, Lake, West Amesbury and Wilsford Cum Lake.

In the 2011 census the population of Amesbury East was 6,117 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Amesbury East is 33, while the median age is also 33.

85.0% of people living in Amesbury East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.2% Scotland, 2.0% Wales, 1.2% Northern Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% United States, 0.2% Australia.

97.4% of people living in Amesbury East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.2% German, 0.2% Nepalese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% French, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Amesbury East is 65.1% Christian, 26.7% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu. 417 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

53.8% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 288 widowed people living in Amesbury East.

The top occupations listed by people in Amesbury East are Associate professional and technical 15.3%, Professional 14.9%, Administrative and secretarial 13.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.3%, Administrative 11.3%, Elementary 10.7%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.5%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Corporate managers and directors 9.0%.