Stanway Demographics (Colchester, England)

Stanway is a ward in Colchester of East of England, England and includes areas of Heckford Bridge, Stanway, Lexden Heath, Choats Wood, Daisy Green, Winstree, Beacon End, Heckfordbridge and Little London.

In the 2011 census the population of Stanway was 8,283 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Stanway is 42, while the median age is also 42.

90.8% of people living in Stanway were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% China, 0.2% United States.

97.8% of people living in Stanway speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Afrikaans, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Greek.

The religious make up of Stanway is 62.1% Christian, 28.1% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 583 people did not state a religion. 26 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.3% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 484 widowed people living in Stanway.

The top occupations listed by people in Stanway are Professional 15.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.7%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Administrative 9.4%, Sales 8.5%, Elementary 8.5%.