Swanscombe Demographics (Dartford, England)

Swanscombe is a ward in Dartford of South East, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Swanscombe was 7,561 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Swanscombe is 34, while the median age is lower at 32.

88.5% of people living in Swanscombe were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Nigeria, 0.8% India, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South America.

94.5% of people living in Swanscombe speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Polish, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% French, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% African language, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Swanscombe is 57.1% Christian, 32.0% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 508 people did not state a religion. 39 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.8% of people are married, 15.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 448 widowed people living in Swanscombe.

The top occupations listed by people in Swanscombe are Skilled trades 14.5%, Elementary 13.4%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Elementary administration and service 11.7%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Professional 10.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative 9.8%, Sales 9.6%.