Central Demographics (Worthing, England)

Central is a ward in Worthing of South East, England and includes areas of Westbrooke, Heene, Broadwater, Durrington, Durrington On Sea and West Worthing.

In the 2011 census the population of Central was 9,890 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Central is 40, while the median age is lower at 37.

78.8% of people living in Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% India, 1.7% Philippines, 1.6% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Ireland, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

89.3% of people living in Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Polish, 1.0% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% French, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Slovak.

The religious make up of Central is 49.5% Christian, 34.3% No religion, 2.1% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Humanist. 881 people did not state a religion. 70 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

27.8% of people are married, 16.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 15.0% are separated or divorced. There are 920 widowed people living in Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Central are Professional 18.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Elementary 11.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.6%, Caring personal service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.7%, Elementary administration and service 9.7%, Skilled trades 9.6%.