Gillingham South Demographics (Medway, England)

Gillingham South is a ward in Medway of South East, England and includes areas of Brompton, Lower Twydall and Gads Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Gillingham South was 16,594 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Gillingham South is 34, while the median age is lower at 32.

78.5% of people living in Gillingham South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.5% India, 1.3% Philippines, 1.2% Nigeria, 1.1% Pakistan, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Bangladesh, 0.6% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

88.0% of people living in Gillingham South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Polish, 0.9% Slovak, 0.9% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.7% Malayalam, 0.7% Urdu, 0.6% Bengali, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.4% Telugu.

The religious make up of Gillingham South is 51.1% Christian, 32.5% No religion, 4.4% Muslim, 1.9% Hindu, 1.6% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,081 people did not state a religion. 85 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.9% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.6% are separated or divorced. There are 1,045 widowed people living in Gillingham South.

The top occupations listed by people in Gillingham South are Elementary 16.5%, Elementary administration and service 13.7%, Professional 12.9%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Caring personal service 8.9%.