New Costessey Demographics (South Norfolk, England)

New Costessey is a ward in South Norfolk of East of England, England and includes areas of Longwater Industrial Estate, New Costessey and Costessey Park.

In the 2011 census the population of New Costessey was 5,198 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in New Costessey is 47, while the median age is higher at 49.

94.7% of people living in New Costessey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Philippines.

98.3% of people living in New Costessey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of New Costessey is 61.3% Christian, 29.0% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 413 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.2% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.1% are separated or divorced. There are 222 widowed people living in New Costessey.

The top occupations listed by people in New Costessey are Skilled trades 18.6%, Elementary 12.6%, Professional 11.9%, Administrative and secretarial 11.5%, Elementary administration and service 11.3%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Administrative 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.1%, Associate professional and technical 9.1%, Sales 8.7%.