Sedgefield Demographics (County Durham, England)

Sedgefield is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Sedgefield, Sedgefield Industrial Estate, Stillington, Bradbury, Carlton, Foxton, Mordon, Butterwick, Thorpe Larches, Thorpe Thewles, Grindon, Salters Lane Industrial Estate and Winterton.

In the 2011 census the population of Sedgefield was 6,879 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Sedgefield is 44, while the median age is higher at 46.

94.7% of people living in Sedgefield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% United States, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Nigeria.

99.0% of people living in Sedgefield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Sedgefield is 76.4% Christian, 17.1% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 373 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

58.7% of people are married, 8.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.9% are separated or divorced. There are 318 widowed people living in Sedgefield.

The top occupations listed by people in Sedgefield are Professional 25.6%, Associate professional and technical 13.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.4%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.1%, Corporate managers and directors 8.1%, Administrative 7.7%, Health professionals 7.7%, Elementary 7.3%.