Minehead Central Demographics (West Somerset, England)

Minehead Central is a ward in West Somerset of South West, England and includes areas of The Parks and Higher Town.

In the 2011 census the population of Minehead Central was 4,893 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Minehead Central is 41, while the median age is lower at 39.

84.8% of people living in Minehead Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.5% Wales, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Scotland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Australia, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

91.1% of people living in Minehead Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Polish, 2.4% Hungarian, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Slovak, 0.3% Latvian, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Minehead Central is 61.3% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 406 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.3% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.0% are separated or divorced. There are 282 widowed people living in Minehead Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Minehead Central are Elementary 25.4%, Elementary administration and service 24.2%, Skilled trades 15.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.1%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Caring personal service 8.7%, Sales 8.2%, Associate professional and technical 8.2%, Professional 7.8%.