Blean Forest Demographics (Canterbury, England)

Blean Forest is a ward in Canterbury of South East, England and includes areas of Honey Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Blean Forest was 6,176 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Blean Forest is 29, while the median age is lower at 20.

71.4% of people living in Blean Forest were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.9% China, 1.3% Nigeria, 1.1% India, 1.0% United States, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Scotland, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% Kenya, 0.5% Northern Ireland.

84.4% of people living in Blean Forest speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% All other Chinese, 2.0% French, 1.2% Greek, 0.9% Arabic, 0.5% German, 0.5% Cantonese Chinese, 0.5% Turkish, 0.4% Mandarin Chinese, 0.4% Spanish.

The religious make up of Blean Forest is 46.6% Christian, 35.2% No religion, 4.2% Muslim, 2.6% Hindu, 1.3% Buddhist, 0.7% Sikh, 0.4% Jewish, 0.3% Agnostic. 441 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

51.4% of people are married, 8.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.3% are separated or divorced. There are 91 widowed people living in Blean Forest.

The top occupations listed by people in Blean Forest are Professional 22.2%, Sales and customer service 19.3%, Sales 18.3%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 17.6%, Elementary 12.8%, Elementary administration and service 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 11.3%, Teaching and educational professionals 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.2%.