Hailsham East Demographics (Wealden, England)

Hailsham East is a ward in Wealden of South East, England and includes areas of Rickney, Downash, White Dyke, Station Road Industrial Estate and Mulbrooks.

In the 2011 census the population of Hailsham East was 2,890 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Hailsham East is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

93.2% of people living in Hailsham East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

98.3% of people living in Hailsham East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Portuguese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% German, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Hailsham East is 55.6% Christian, 34.4% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist. 229 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.0% of people are married, 13.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.6% are separated or divorced. There are 196 widowed people living in Hailsham East.

The top occupations listed by people in Hailsham East are Skilled trades 16.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 16.4%, Elementary 15.8%, Caring personal service 14.2%, Elementary administration and service 12.7%, Caring Personal Services 10.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Sales 9.6%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.5%.