Sherwood Demographics (Tunbridge Wells, England)

Sherwood is a ward in Tunbridge Wells of South East, England and includes areas of Cork's Pond.

In the 2011 census the population of Sherwood was 7,300 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

89.1% of people living in Sherwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.2% Sri Lanka.

94.7% of people living in Sherwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.6% Bengali, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Sherwood is 57.1% Christian, 30.8% No religion, 2.0% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 563 people did not state a religion. 26 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.5% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 476 widowed people living in Sherwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Sherwood are Elementary 13.9%, Professional 13.8%, Skilled trades 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 12.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Sales and customer service 10.7%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.3%, Sales 9.0%.