Selby South Demographics (Selby, England)

Selby South is a ward in Selby of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Dawker Hill, West Haddlesey, Barlow, Temple Hirst, Burn, Newlands, Little Airmyn, Drax, Chapel Haddlesey, Newland, Long Drax, Selby Business Park, Camblesforth, Hirst Courtney, Thorpe Wood, Cawood Common, Wistow Lordship and Wistow Common.

In the 2011 census the population of Selby South was 4,781 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Selby South is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

88.6% of people living in Selby South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.2% India, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% South Africa.

93.0% of people living in Selby South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Polish, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Latvian.

The religious make up of Selby South is 63.1% Christian, 28.0% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Muslim. 347 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.5% of people are married, 21.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.7% are separated or divorced. There are 351 widowed people living in Selby South.

The top occupations listed by people in Selby South are Elementary 17.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.5%, Elementary administration and service 13.7%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Associate professional and technical 10.1%, Professional 9.4%, Sales 8.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.6%.