Central Town Demographics (North Devon, England)

Central Town is a ward in North Devon of South West, England and includes areas of Whiddon Valley, Pottington Business Park, Pottington, Yeo Vale, Pilton, Bellaire, Whiddon Valley Industrial Estate, Bratton Fleming, Chelfham and Landkey.

In the 2011 census the population of Central Town was 4,910 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Central Town is 42, while the median age is lower at 40.

88.5% of people living in Central Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.3% Wales, 0.5% India, 0.5% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% United States, 0.2% China.

95.0% of people living in Central Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.6% Bulgarian, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Central Town is 55.2% Christian, 34.1% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 383 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

30.4% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 15.1% are separated or divorced. There are 481 widowed people living in Central Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Central Town are Elementary 16.9%, Skilled trades 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.2%, Sales and customer service 11.6%, Professional 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Sales 10.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.2%.