Grays Riverside Demographics (Thurrock, England)

Grays Riverside is a ward in Thurrock of East of England, England and includes areas of East Thurrock, Belmont, Badgers Dean, Little Thurrock and Badgers Dene.

In the 2011 census the population of Grays Riverside was 11,695 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Grays Riverside is 32, while the median age is lower at 31.

70.2% of people living in Grays Riverside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.1% Nigeria, 1.1% India, 1.0% South Africa, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Ghana, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.4% Wales.

81.2% of people living in Grays Riverside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.9% Polish, 1.7% Nepalese, 1.3% Slovak, 1.0% Albanian, 1.0% Lithuanian, 0.6% Yoruba, 0.5% Romanian, 0.5% Bengali, 0.5% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Grays Riverside is 58.8% Christian, 25.1% No religion, 4.6% Muslim, 1.5% Sikh, 1.4% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 846 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.2% of people are married, 16.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.4% are separated or divorced. There are 705 widowed people living in Grays Riverside.

The top occupations listed by people in Grays Riverside are Elementary 20.7%, Elementary administration and service 18.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.9%, Professional 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.2%, Administrative 10.0%, Associate professional and technical 9.6%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Skilled trades 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.5%.