Widewater Demographics (Adur, England)

Widewater is a ward in Adur of South East, England and includes areas of Lancing Business Park, Sompting, Marlborough Road Industrial Estate, Churchill Industrial Estate, South Lancing and Marlborough Business Centre.

In the 2011 census the population of Widewater was 5,715 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Widewater is 47, while the median age is higher at 48.

91.7% of people living in Widewater were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% China, 0.2% South Africa.

97.8% of people living in Widewater speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Widewater is 58.8% Christian, 29.2% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist. 494 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.5% of people are married, 13.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 434 widowed people living in Widewater.

The top occupations listed by people in Widewater are Skilled trades 16.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Professional 11.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.8%, Elementary 9.6%, Administrative 9.2%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Sales and customer service 8.8%.