Worthing Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Worthing was 104,640 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Worthing is 42, while the median age is also 42.

88.0% of people living in Worthing were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% India, 0.6% Philippines, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Bangladesh.

95.7% of people living in Worthing speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Bengali, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Worthing is 58.1% Christian, 29.5% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.5% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 8,737 people did not state a religion. 501 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 7 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.2% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 6,980 widowed people living in Worthing.

The top occupations listed by people in Worthing are Professional 17.0%, Associate professional and technical 13.3%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.7%, Administrative 9.2%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Elementary 9.1%, Caring personal service 8.9%.