North Petherton Demographics (Sedgemoor, England)

North Petherton is a ward in Sedgemoor of South West, England and includes areas of North Petherton, North Newton, Rhode, Hamp Bridge, Clavelshay and Somerset Bridge.

In the 2011 census the population of North Petherton was 7,155 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in North Petherton is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

92.8% of people living in North Petherton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 0.9% Scotland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% India.

97.8% of people living in North Petherton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Latvian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of North Petherton is 65.5% Christian, 25.3% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 546 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

54.3% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 326 widowed people living in North Petherton.

The top occupations listed by people in North Petherton are Professional 15.7%, Skilled trades 14.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Elementary 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%, Caring personal service 8.4%, Corporate managers and directors 7.9%.