Gravesham Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Gravesham was 101,720 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Gravesham is 39, while the median age is also 39.

84.4% of people living in Gravesham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.9% India, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Nigeria, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Pakistan.

90.8% of people living in Gravesham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Panjabi, 1.2% Polish, 0.9% Slovak, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Gravesham is 60.8% Christian, 21.1% No religion, 7.6% Sikh, 1.9% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 6,395 people did not state a religion. 315 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

47.0% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 4,940 widowed people living in Gravesham.

The top occupations listed by people in Gravesham are Elementary 13.3%, Professional 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.1%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.0%, Administrative 8.9%.