Thamesmead East Demographics (Bexley, England)

Thamesmead East is a ward in Bexley of London, England and includes areas of Thamesmead.

In the 2011 census the population of Thamesmead East was 12,094 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Thamesmead East is 32, while the median age is also 32.

60.7% of people living in Thamesmead East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 15.1% Nigeria, 3.2% Ghana, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 0.9% India, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Jamaica, 0.5% South America, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa.

86.2% of people living in Thamesmead East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Yoruba, 1.1% Lithuanian, 1.0% Polish, 0.9% French, 0.6% Cantonese Chinese, 0.5% All other Chinese, 0.5% Igbo, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Thamesmead East is 64.6% Christian, 20.1% No religion, 5.7% Muslim, 1.2% Buddhist, 1.0% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh. 749 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.4% of people are married, 9.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.9% are separated or divorced. There are 739 widowed people living in Thamesmead East.

The top occupations listed by people in Thamesmead East are Professional 16.7%, Elementary 15.9%, Elementary administration and service 14.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.6%, Caring personal service 9.9%, Administrative 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.6%.