Dunstable-Central Demographics (Central Bedfordshire, England)

Dunstable-Central is a ward in Central Bedfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Edlesborough, Eaton Bray, Totternhoe, Kensworth, Beecroft, Sewell, North Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Kensworth Lynch.

In the 2011 census the population of Dunstable-Central was 4,817 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Dunstable-Central is 41, while the median age is also 41.

86.5% of people living in Dunstable-Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 1.0% India, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% China.

95.3% of people living in Dunstable-Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Polish, 0.3% Mandarin Chinese, 0.2% Sinhala, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% German, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Thai, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Dunstable-Central is 62.4% Christian, 25.7% No religion, 1.1% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 359 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.0% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 333 widowed people living in Dunstable-Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Dunstable-Central are Professional 16.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.7%, Skilled trades 12.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.6%, Elementary 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Administrative 9.3%, Elementary administration and service 9.3%, Corporate managers and directors 8.0%.