Brandon East Demographics (Forest Heath, England)

Brandon East is a ward in Forest Heath of East of England, England and includes areas of Wangford, Santon Downham and Weeting.

In the 2011 census the population of Brandon East was 5,853 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Brandon East is 42, while the median age is also 42.

80.5% of people living in Brandon East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.6% United States, 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% South America, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% India.

91.1% of people living in Brandon East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Polish, 2.9% Portuguese, 0.8% Lithuanian, 0.3% Latvian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Brandon East is 63.4% Christian, 28.0% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist. 430 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.1% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 349 widowed people living in Brandon East.

The top occupations listed by people in Brandon East are Elementary 19.1%, Skilled trades 15.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.8%, Elementary administration and service 14.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.6%, Caring personal service 7.1%.