Bridge Demographics (Newark and Sherwood, England)

Bridge is a ward in Newark and Sherwood of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Coddington, Barnby, Danethorpe, Newark Industrial Estate, Winthorpe and Northern Road Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Bridge was 4,926 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Bridge is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

85.2% of people living in Bridge were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

90.2% of people living in Bridge speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Polish, 1.4% Lithuanian, 0.4% Russian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Bridge is 61.8% Christian, 28.4% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh. 386 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.0% of people are married, 16.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 337 widowed people living in Bridge.

The top occupations listed by people in Bridge are Elementary 19.8%, Elementary administration and service 17.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.5%, Skilled trades 14.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.6%, Sales and customer service 9.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Professional 8.7%, Associate professional and technical 8.0%.