West Thurrock and South Stifford Demographics (Thurrock, England)

West Thurrock and South Stifford is a ward in Thurrock of East of England, England and includes areas of West Thurrock, Tank Hill, Stifford, Lakeside, Botany and Waterglade Industrial Park.

In the 2011 census the population of West Thurrock and South Stifford was 10,478 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in West Thurrock and South Stifford is 31, while the median age is lower at 30.

74.2% of people living in West Thurrock and South Stifford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.9% Nigeria, 1.0% Ghana, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 1.0% Ireland, 0.8% India, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Pakistan.

86.1% of people living in West Thurrock and South Stifford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Polish, 1.4% Lithuanian, 0.9% Slovak, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Yoruba, 0.5% Panjabi, 0.4% Urdu, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Tamil.

The religious make up of West Thurrock and South Stifford is 58.0% Christian, 29.3% No religion, 3.3% Muslim, 1.2% Sikh, 1.2% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 592 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.1% of people are married, 18.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 556 widowed people living in West Thurrock and South Stifford.

The top occupations listed by people in West Thurrock and South Stifford are Elementary 17.4%, Elementary administration and service 15.8%, Administrative and secretarial 14.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.5%, Professional 11.1%, Administrative 11.1%, Skilled trades 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 8.2%.