Verwood Stephen's Castle Demographics (East Dorset, England)

Verwood Stephen's Castle is a ward in East Dorset of South West, England and includes areas of Dewlands Common, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Romford, West Moors, Woolsbridge Industrial Estate and Three Legged Cross.

In the 2011 census the population of Verwood Stephen's Castle was 4,654 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Verwood Stephen's Castle is 47, while the median age is higher at 49.

92.2% of people living in Verwood Stephen's Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.4% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% South America.

99.1% of people living in Verwood Stephen's Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Verwood Stephen's Castle is 70.1% Christian, 21.0% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Buddhist. 347 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

64.7% of people are married, 7.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 12.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 4.9% are separated or divorced. There are 145 widowed people living in Verwood Stephen's Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Verwood Stephen's Castle are Professional 18.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 15.4%, Administrative and secretarial 14.0%, Skilled trades 11.6%, Corporate managers and directors 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Administrative 9.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.0%, Sales 7.8%.