Chichester East Demographics (Chichester, England)

Chichester East is a ward in Chichester of South East, England and includes areas of Westhampnett, The Close, Somerstown, Whyke, Rookwood, Parklands, West Lavant and Summersdale.

In the 2011 census the population of Chichester East was 8,480 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Chichester East is 38, while the median age is lower at 35.

85.3% of people living in Chichester East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Philippines, 1.2% India, 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% China.

93.5% of people living in Chichester East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.5% Polish, 0.7% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% German, 0.2% French.

The religious make up of Chichester East is 57.0% Christian, 31.8% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 590 people did not state a religion. 64 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

34.0% of people are married, 12.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 655 widowed people living in Chichester East.

The top occupations listed by people in Chichester East are Professional 18.8%, Elementary 14.1%, Elementary administration and service 13.0%, Sales and customer service 11.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.7%, Sales 10.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%.