Colehill West Demographics (East Dorset, England)

Colehill West is a ward in East Dorset of South West, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Colehill West was 2,301 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Colehill West is 47, while the median age is higher at 51.

91.1% of people living in Colehill West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Australia, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% United States, 0.2% South America, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

99.1% of people living in Colehill West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Colehill West is 66.8% Christian, 24.1% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 188 people did not state a religion. 4 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

66.6% of people are married, 6.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 15.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.1% are separated or divorced. There are 80 widowed people living in Colehill West.

The top occupations listed by people in Colehill West are Professional 27.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 16.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Corporate managers and directors 12.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.2%, Administrative 9.1%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Teaching and educational professionals 8.7%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 8.7%.