Marchwood Demographics (New Forest, England)

Marchwood is a ward in New Forest of South East, England and includes areas of Totton, Marchwood and Eling.

In the 2011 census the population of Marchwood was 6,141 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Marchwood is 36, while the median age is also 36.

88.7% of people living in Marchwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.4% Wales, 0.4% Ghana, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% Jamaica.

97.5% of people living in Marchwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Oceanic/Australian language, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Akan, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Marchwood is 62.1% Christian, 28.9% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 402 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

54.7% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.0% are separated or divorced. There are 285 widowed people living in Marchwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Marchwood are Associate professional and technical 19.3%, Professional 16.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.2%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Administrative 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%, Elementary 8.5%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.2%, Corporate managers and directors 7.9%.