East Downham Demographics (King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England)

East Downham is a ward in King's Lynn and West Norfolk of East of England, England.

In the 2011 census the population of East Downham was 3,129 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

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

90.5% of people living in East Downham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% United States, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% India, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Jersey, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

98.0% of people living in East Downham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of East Downham is 61.7% Christian, 28.3% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 228 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.1% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.3% are separated or divorced. There are 160 widowed people living in East Downham.

The top occupations listed by people in East Downham are Professional 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.4%, Elementary 12.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Corporate managers and directors 8.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.5%.