Whitton Demographics (Ipswich, England)

Whitton is a ward in Ipswich of East of England, England and includes areas of Akenham, Thurlston and Castle Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Whitton was 8,039 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Whitton is 41, while the median age is also 41.

92.5% of people living in Whitton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Jamaica, 0.3% United States, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India.

97.4% of people living in Whitton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Albanian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% All other languages.

The religious make up of Whitton is 56.0% Christian, 33.8% No religion, 1.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 598 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.7% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 435 widowed people living in Whitton.

The top occupations listed by people in Whitton are Elementary 17.5%, Elementary administration and service 15.1%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Sales and customer service 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Sales 11.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%.