Alphington Demographics (Exeter, England)

Alphington is a ward in Exeter of South West, England and includes areas of Alphington, Great Shilhay, Marsh Barton, Matford, Cowick, Matford Business Park, St. Hill Alphington and Marsh Barton Trading Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Alphington was 8,682 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Alphington is 42, while the median age is lower at 41.

89.7% of people living in Alphington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 1.1% Scotland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% United States, 0.2% China, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

96.0% of people living in Alphington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% German, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Alphington is 59.8% Christian, 30.0% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 692 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.4% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 557 widowed people living in Alphington.

The top occupations listed by people in Alphington are Professional 16.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Associate professional and technical 12.4%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Sales and customer service 11.4%, Elementary 10.3%, Administrative 10.0%, Elementary administration and service 9.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%.