Bishop's Stortford South Demographics (East Hertfordshire, England)

Bishop's Stortford South is a ward in East Hertfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Spellbrook and Thorley.

In the 2011 census the population of Bishop's Stortford South was 8,804 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bishop's Stortford South is 37, while the median age is higher at 39.

88.2% of people living in Bishop's Stortford South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Ireland, 0.8% South Africa, 0.5% South America, 0.5% India, 0.3% United States, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Hong Kong .

96.1% of people living in Bishop's Stortford South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% French, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Bishop's Stortford South is 65.1% Christian, 24.8% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 577 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.5% of people are married, 9.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 333 widowed people living in Bishop's Stortford South.

The top occupations listed by people in Bishop's Stortford South are Professional 20.3%, Associate professional and technical 14.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.8%, Corporate managers and directors 11.0%, Administrative 9.5%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.3%, Sales and customer service 7.7%.