Lower Sheering Demographics (Epping Forest, England)

Lower Sheering is a ward in Epping Forest of East of England, England and includes areas of Quickbury, Lower Sheering and Waltham Abbey.

In the 2011 census the population of Lower Sheering was 2,014 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Lower Sheering is 39, while the median age is also 39.

91.8% of people living in Lower Sheering were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Ghana, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Zimbabwe.

98.3% of people living in Lower Sheering speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% French, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Afrikaans, 0.1% German, 0.1% Akan, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Lower Sheering is 59.1% Christian, 30.5% No religion, 0.8% Jewish, 0.4% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 163 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.7% of people are married, 15.4% 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, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 112 widowed people living in Lower Sheering.

The top occupations listed by people in Lower Sheering are Associate professional and technical 19.2%, Professional 16.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.9%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Corporate managers and directors 10.6%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.0%, Administrative 7.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 6.9%.