Walderslade Demographics (Medway, England)

Walderslade is a ward in Medway of South East, England and includes areas of Weedswood, Bluebell Hill, Settington Estate, Wayfield, Dargets Wood, Walderslade Woods, Davis Estate, Bridgewood, Blue Bell Hill, Walderslade, Horsted and Buckmore Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Walderslade was 9,520 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Walderslade is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

92.4% of people living in Walderslade were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% South America.

98.0% of people living in Walderslade speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Walderslade is 60.5% Christian, 29.6% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.6% Sikh, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 656 people did not state a religion. 37 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.7% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.2% are separated or divorced. There are 442 widowed people living in Walderslade.

The top occupations listed by people in Walderslade are Skilled trades 14.1%, Administrative and secretarial 13.7%, Professional 12.8%, Elementary 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Elementary administration and service 10.3%, Administrative 9.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.4%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%.