Skirbeck Demographics (Boston, England)

Skirbeck is a ward in Boston of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Fishtoft, Mill Hill and Skirbeck.

In the 2011 census the population of Skirbeck was 5,619 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Skirbeck is 40, while the median age is lower at 39.

83.8% of people living in Skirbeck were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% South America.

86.8% of people living in Skirbeck speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Polish, 3.0% Lithuanian, 1.7% Latvian, 1.1% Portuguese, 0.8% Russian, 0.3% Romanian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Skirbeck is 69.6% Christian, 22.2% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 372 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.8% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 413 widowed people living in Skirbeck.

The top occupations listed by people in Skirbeck are Elementary 22.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 19.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.1%, Elementary trades and related 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 10.9%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Sales 9.3%, Process Operatives 8.7%.