Waterbeach Demographics (South Cambridgeshire, England)

Waterbeach is a ward in South Cambridgeshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Landbeach, Lode, Chittering, Waterbeach, Horningsea, Bottisham and Stow-Cum-Quy.

In the 2011 census the population of Waterbeach was 6,014 and is made up of approximately 46% females and 54% males.

The average age of people in Waterbeach is 38, while the median age is lower at 36.

84.8% of people living in Waterbeach were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.5% Scotland, 1.5% Wales, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.5% United States, 0.4% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% South Africa.

95.8% of people living in Waterbeach speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.3% Oceanic/Australian language, 0.3% Nepalese, 0.2% German, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Waterbeach is 58.7% Christian, 29.5% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Sikh. 541 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

57.0% of people are married, 12.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 219 widowed people living in Waterbeach.

The top occupations listed by people in Waterbeach are Associate professional and technical 24.2%, Professional 20.2%, Protective service 15.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.1%, Skilled trades 9.1%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%, Corporate managers and directors 7.9%, Elementary 7.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.3%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 7.0%.