Lydney East Demographics (Forest of Dean, England)

Lydney East is a ward in Forest of Dean of South West, England and includes areas of Newerne, Primrose Hill, Allaston and Tutnalls.

In the 2011 census the population of Lydney East was 5,047 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Lydney East is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

90.1% of people living in Lydney East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.9% Wales, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Jersey, 0.1% India, 0.0% Hong Kong .

99.1% of people living in Lydney East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Lydney East is 67.7% Christian, 24.5% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist. 334 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.7% of people are married, 12.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 279 widowed people living in Lydney East.

The top occupations listed by people in Lydney East are Elementary 15.3%, Skilled trades 14.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.5%, Elementary administration and service 10.7%, Caring personal service 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Professional 9.7%, Sales 8.6%.