Eggwood Demographics (South Somerset, England)

Eggwood is a ward in South Somerset of South West, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Eggwood was 2,421 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Eggwood is 46, while the median age is higher at 49.

93.3% of people living in Eggwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% Ireland.

99.2% of people living in Eggwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Eggwood is 66.5% Christian, 22.9% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 221 people did not state a religion. 7 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.5% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 14.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 139 widowed people living in Eggwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Eggwood are Skilled trades 18.2%, Professional 16.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Elementary 9.0%, Caring personal service 7.7%, Corporate managers and directors 6.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 6.7%.