Orchard Demographics (Arun, England)

Orchard is a ward in Arun of South East, England and includes areas of North Bersted, Shripney, Durban Road Ind Est, Bersted, Southern Cross Ind Est, South Bersted, South Bersted Ind Est and Lidsey.

In the 2011 census the population of Orchard was 6,167 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Orchard is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

83.6% of people living in Orchard were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% Philippines, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.3% South America, 0.3% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland.

88.3% of people living in Orchard speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.1% Polish, 0.7% Russian, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.6% Latvian, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.4% Bengali, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Orchard is 60.3% Christian, 28.9% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 478 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.2% of people are married, 13.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.8% are separated or divorced. There are 419 widowed people living in Orchard.

The top occupations listed by people in Orchard are Elementary 17.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.7%, Skilled trades 14.3%, Elementary administration and service 11.6%, Caring personal service 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.4%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Sales 9.1%, Caring Personal Services 8.7%.