Southtown and Cobholm Demographics (Great Yarmouth, England)

Southtown and Cobholm is a ward in Great Yarmouth of East of England, England and includes areas of Cobholm Island and Gorleston.

In the 2011 census the population of Southtown and Cobholm was 5,657 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Southtown and Cobholm is 34, while the median age is lower at 30.

88.3% of people living in Southtown and Cobholm were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% South America, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

92.5% of people living in Southtown and Cobholm speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Portuguese, 1.7% Lithuanian, 1.3% Polish, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Southtown and Cobholm is 48.2% Christian, 42.8% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist. 365 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

34.5% of people are married, 19.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.7% are separated or divorced. There are 388 widowed people living in Southtown and Cobholm.

The top occupations listed by people in Southtown and Cobholm are Elementary 19.0%, Elementary administration and service 15.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.5%, Sales and customer service 13.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.1%, Sales 12.5%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.5%, Caring personal service 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 8.6%.