Alderney Demographics (Poole, England)

Alderney is a ward in Poole of South West, England and includes areas of Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Fleetsbridge Business Centre, Alderney, Rossmore, Alderney Heath and Talbot Village.

In the 2011 census the population of Alderney was 11,423 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Alderney is 40, while the median age is also 40.

90.2% of people living in Alderney were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South America, 0.2% Philippines.

96.4% of people living in Alderney speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.2% Nepalese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% German, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Shona.

The religious make up of Alderney is 57.4% Christian, 32.3% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 878 people did not state a religion. 62 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

43.5% of people are married, 12.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 704 widowed people living in Alderney.

The top occupations listed by people in Alderney are Skilled trades 15.8%, Elementary 14.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.5%, Elementary administration and service 11.9%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Sales 9.9%, Caring personal service 9.7%, Professional 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%.