Yeovil East Demographics (South Somerset, England)

Yeovil East is a ward in South Somerset of South West, England and includes areas of Mudford, Pen Mill Trading Estate, West Mudford and Hinton.

In the 2011 census the population of Yeovil East was 7,575 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Yeovil East is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

88.4% of people living in Yeovil East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% China.

94.1% of people living in Yeovil East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Polish, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Yeovil East is 57.8% Christian, 32.4% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Realist, 0.1% Agnostic. 602 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.9% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.0% are separated or divorced. There are 567 widowed people living in Yeovil East.

The top occupations listed by people in Yeovil East are Elementary 16.9%, Skilled trades 16.0%, Elementary administration and service 13.2%, Sales and customer service 12.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.7%, Sales 10.5%, Professional 9.4%, Caring personal service 9.3%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.1%.