Sprowston East Demographics (Broadland, England)

Sprowston East is a ward in Broadland of East of England, England and includes areas of Sprowston, Heigham Grove and Chapelfield Grove.

In the 2011 census the population of Sprowston East was 6,858 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Sprowston East is 49, while the median age is higher at 51.

94.4% of people living in Sprowston East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% India, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% South Africa.

98.6% of people living in Sprowston East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Sprowston East is 65.2% Christian, 25.8% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu. 512 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.2% of people are married, 9.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.4% are separated or divorced. There are 318 widowed people living in Sprowston East.

The top occupations listed by people in Sprowston East are Skilled trades 15.7%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Professional 11.4%, Elementary 11.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Sales 9.5%, Administrative 9.0%.