Peverel Demographics (Adur, England)

Peverel is a ward in Adur of South East, England and includes areas of Sompting, Rectory Farm, Rectory Farm Industrial Estate and Cokeham.

In the 2011 census the population of Peverel was 4,363 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Peverel is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

92.8% of people living in Peverel were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Australia.

97.9% of people living in Peverel speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Bengali, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% French, 0.1% Greek.

The religious make up of Peverel is 59.9% Christian, 30.1% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.2% Agnostic, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist. 340 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.4% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 264 widowed people living in Peverel.

The top occupations listed by people in Peverel are Skilled trades 14.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.2%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Professional 12.5%, Administrative 10.7%, Caring personal service 10.6%, Elementary 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%.