West Shoebury Demographics (Southend-on-Sea, England)

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

In the 2011 census the population of West Shoebury was 10,280 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in West Shoebury is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

91.2% of people living in West Shoebury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Kenya, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% China.

97.1% of people living in West Shoebury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Gujarati, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Shona, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% African language.

The religious make up of West Shoebury is 58.6% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 1.7% Muslim, 1.2% Jewish, 0.9% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 774 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

50.0% of people are married, 10.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 524 widowed people living in West Shoebury.

The top occupations listed by people in West Shoebury are Administrative and secretarial 15.8%, Professional 14.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.7%, Administrative 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Elementary 9.5%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Elementary administration and service 8.2%.