Central Demographics (Bournemouth, England)

Central is a ward in Bournemouth of South West, England and includes areas of West Hill, East Cliff, Springbourne and West Cliff.

In the 2011 census the population of Central was 10,771 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Central is 37, while the median age is lower at 29.

67.2% of people living in Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.9% India, 2.7% South America, 1.8% Wales, 1.5% Scotland, 1.3% China, 1.0% South Africa, 0.8% Ireland, 0.5% United States, 0.5% Philippines.

80.0% of people living in Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.6% Polish, 2.3% Portuguese, 1.8% Spanish, 1.3% All other Chinese, 0.8% Arabic, 0.7% Russian, 0.6% Turkish, 0.6% Thai, 0.5% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Central is 47.1% Christian, 35.1% No religion, 3.2% Muslim, 2.7% Hindu, 1.5% Jewish, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Agnostic. 785 people did not state a religion. 62 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

22.8% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 2.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 41.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 689 widowed people living in Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Central are Professional 17.8%, Elementary 15.7%, Associate professional and technical 15.0%, Elementary administration and service 14.7%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.7%, Sales 9.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.7%, Skilled trades 8.2%.