Brandon West Demographics (Forest Heath, England)

Brandon West is a ward in Forest Heath of East of England, England and includes areas of Weeting, Wangford and Santon Downham.

In the 2011 census the population of Brandon West was 3,783 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Brandon West is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

83.9% of people living in Brandon West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.4% United States, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South America, 0.2% India, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.1% South Africa.

95.3% of people living in Brandon West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Polish, 0.8% Portuguese, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% German, 0.1% Maltese.

The religious make up of Brandon West is 62.4% Christian, 29.0% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Hindu. 245 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.7% of people are married, 11.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 199 widowed people living in Brandon West.

The top occupations listed by people in Brandon West are Elementary 16.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.9%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Elementary administration and service 13.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.9%, Administrative 8.4%, Sales and customer service 8.1%.