Okehampton East Demographics (West Devon, England)

Okehampton East is a ward in West Devon of South West, England and includes areas of Chichacott, Exeter Road Industrial Estate, Belstone, Higher Sticklepath, Savile Mead, Hameldown Business Park, Tongue End, Stockley, Skaigh and Sampford Courtenay.

In the 2011 census the population of Okehampton East was 4,085 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Okehampton East is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

93.2% of people living in Okehampton East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Wales, 0.8% Scotland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% United States, 0.1% India, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China.

97.6% of people living in Okehampton East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% East Asian Language, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Okehampton East is 58.8% Christian, 32.1% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Hindu. 279 people did not state a religion. 26 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.0% of people are married, 16.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 212 widowed people living in Okehampton East.

The top occupations listed by people in Okehampton East are Skilled trades 14.4%, Elementary 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Elementary administration and service 10.9%, Professional 10.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Associate professional and technical 9.2%.