Wareham Demographics (Purbeck, England)

Wareham is a ward in Purbeck of South West, England and includes areas of North Bestwall, Northmoor, Northport, Wareham Lady St. Mary, Nundico, Bestwall and Ridge.

In the 2011 census the population of Wareham was 5,496 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Wareham is 47, while the median age is higher at 50.

91.9% of people living in Wareham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% United States, 0.1% India, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% South Africa.

98.6% of people living in Wareham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Thai, 0.1% French, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Wareham is 65.1% Christian, 24.6% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist. 475 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.2% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 340 widowed people living in Wareham.

The top occupations listed by people in Wareham are Skilled trades 15.4%, Elementary 13.4%, Professional 12.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Associate professional and technical 10.7%, Elementary administration and service 10.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.3%.