Selden Demographics (Worthing, England)

Selden is a ward in Worthing of South East, England and includes areas of East Worthing, Meadow Road Industrial Area and Meadow Road Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Selden was 8,377 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Selden is 41, while the median age is lower at 40.

83.1% of people living in Selden were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Philippines, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% Ireland, 1.0% Wales, 0.8% India, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Bangladesh.

92.5% of people living in Selden speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.9% Polish, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Bengali, 0.3% French, 0.3% Sinhala, 0.2% German, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious make up of Selden is 54.6% Christian, 31.0% No religion, 1.8% Muslim, 1.0% Hindu, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 744 people did not state a religion. 52 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.5% of people are married, 14.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.5% are separated or divorced. There are 660 widowed people living in Selden.

The top occupations listed by people in Selden are Professional 18.6%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.4%, Elementary 11.1%, Skilled trades 10.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.9%, Caring personal service 9.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.