Dodington Demographics (South Gloucestershire, England)

Dodington is a ward in South Gloucestershire of South West, England and includes areas of Yate and Westerleigh.

In the 2011 census the population of Dodington was 7,636 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Dodington is 34, while the median age is also 34.

91.6% of people living in Dodington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.0% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Jamaica.

97.2% of people living in Dodington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.5% Slovak, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Dodington is 53.2% Christian, 38.4% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 505 people did not state a religion. 38 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.9% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 446 widowed people living in Dodington.

The top occupations listed by people in Dodington are Elementary 15.4%, Skilled trades 14.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Sales and customer service 10.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.8%, Administrative 10.0%, Sales 9.0%, Associate professional and technical 8.9%.