Bersted Demographics (Arun, England)

Bersted is a ward in Arun of South East, England and includes areas of North Bersted, Shripney, Durban Road Ind Est, Bersted, Southern Cross Ind Est, South Bersted Ind Est, South Bersted, Lidsey and West Meads.

In the 2011 census the population of Bersted was 8,496 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Bersted is 41, while the median age is also 41.

89.6% of people living in Bersted were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% South America, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% India.

94.4% of people living in Bersted speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Polish, 0.6% Bengali, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Afrikaans, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Bersted is 63.7% Christian, 26.2% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 659 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.5% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 541 widowed people living in Bersted.

The top occupations listed by people in Bersted are Skilled trades 15.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.9%, Elementary 13.9%, Sales and customer service 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.7%, Caring personal service 10.2%, Sales 10.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%.