Amesbury West Demographics (Wiltshire, England)

Amesbury West is a ward in Wiltshire of South West, England and includes areas of Boscombe Down, Wilsford, Normanton, Amesbury, Lake, West Amesbury and Wilsford Cum Lake.

In the 2011 census the population of Amesbury West was 4,607 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Amesbury West is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

86.1% of people living in Amesbury West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Scotland, 1.8% Wales, 1.0% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% China.

97.3% of people living in Amesbury West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% German, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Malay, 0.1% African language, 0.1% Slovak.

The religious make up of Amesbury West is 68.5% Christian, 22.1% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 340 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.5% of people are married, 10.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 300 widowed people living in Amesbury West.

The top occupations listed by people in Amesbury West are Elementary 14.6%, Skilled trades 14.2%, Administrative and secretarial 14.2%, Elementary administration and service 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.2%, Administrative 11.1%, Professional 10.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.2%.