Shepton East Demographics (Mendip, England)

Shepton East is a ward in Mendip of South West, England and includes areas of Kent, Bowlish, Darshill, West Shepton, Field, Cranmore, Ham, West Cranmore, Chelynch, East Compton, West Compton, Doulting, Tansey, Downside, Deane, Pilton, Dean, Chesterblade, Weston Town, Bodden, Cannards Grave, North Wootton, Prestleigh, Windsor Hill, Downhead, Wanstrow, Prestley, Waterlip and East Cranmore.

In the 2011 census the population of Shepton East was 5,493 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Shepton East is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

85.7% of people living in Shepton East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.4% South America, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

91.3% of people living in Shepton East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Polish, 1.4% Portuguese, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Shepton East is 58.5% Christian, 30.1% No religion, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 459 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.5% of people are married, 18.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.9% are separated or divorced. There are 344 widowed people living in Shepton East.

The top occupations listed by people in Shepton East are Elementary 16.4%, Skilled trades 14.3%, Professional 13.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Elementary administration and service 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.0%, Administrative and secretarial 8.3%, Caring personal service 8.2%.