Central Demographics (Rother, England)

Central is a ward in Rother of South East, England and includes areas of Cooden, Egerton Park, Glenleigh Park, White Hill and Cooden Beach.

In the 2011 census the population of Central was 5,586 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Central is 45, while the median age is lower at 44.

87.0% of people living in Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% South Africa, 0.9% Ireland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Australia.

95.0% of people living in Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.7% Polish, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% French, 0.2% Italian.

The religious make up of Central is 57.9% Christian, 29.6% No religion, 2.0% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh. 446 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

29.8% of people are married, 14.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 16.7% are separated or divorced. There are 575 widowed people living in Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Central are Caring, leisure and other service 16.3%, Caring personal service 13.4%, Professional 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Elementary 11.1%, Caring Personal Services 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.7%.