Bridgwater Eastover Demographics (Sedgemoor, England)

Bridgwater Eastover is a ward in Sedgemoor of South West, England and includes areas of Dunwear, Somerset Bridge, Down End, Pawlett, Castlefields Trading Estate, Pawlett Hill, Dunball, Walpole, Stretcholt, East Bower and Puriton.

In the 2011 census the population of Bridgwater Eastover was 4,633 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Bridgwater Eastover is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.

86.4% of people living in Bridgwater Eastover were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% South America, 0.2% Australia, 0.1% Philippines.

91.4% of people living in Bridgwater Eastover speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Polish, 0.8% Lithuanian, 0.7% Portuguese, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Latvian, 0.4% Slovak, 0.4% Turkish, 0.3% Bengali, 0.1% Czech.

The religious make up of Bridgwater Eastover is 56.7% Christian, 32.9% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 341 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

34.5% of people are married, 18.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.8% are separated or divorced. There are 386 widowed people living in Bridgwater Eastover.

The top occupations listed by people in Bridgwater Eastover are Elementary 19.4%, Elementary administration and service 15.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.8%, Skilled trades 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.1%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Sales 8.8%.