Chalkwell Demographics (Swale, England)

Chalkwell is a ward in Swale of South East, England and includes areas of Grove End, Manor Grove Estate, Chalkwell, Tunstall and Key Street.

In the 2011 census the population of Chalkwell was 5,451 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Chalkwell is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

91.4% of people living in Chalkwell were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.1% China, 0.1% United States.

96.1% of people living in Chalkwell speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.1% Polish, 0.4% Latvian, 0.4% Romanian, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% African language.

The religious make up of Chalkwell is 60.6% Christian, 29.9% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 385 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.4% of people are married, 15.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.0% are separated or divorced. There are 300 widowed people living in Chalkwell.

The top occupations listed by people in Chalkwell are Skilled trades 14.8%, Elementary 13.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Elementary administration and service 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Professional 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.8%, Administrative 9.5%, Sales and customer service 8.8%.