Dereham-Toftwood Demographics (Breckland, England)

Dereham-Toftwood is a ward in Breckland of East of England, England and includes areas of Clint Green, Rashes Green, Whinburgh, Toftwood, East Dereham, Westfield, Dumpling Green, Yaxham, Littlefields, Rashes Green Industrial Estate, Toftwood Common and Moorgate.

In the 2011 census the population of Dereham-Toftwood was 4,910 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Dereham-Toftwood is 41, while the median age is lower at 40.

91.0% of people living in Dereham-Toftwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South America, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Philippines.

96.2% of people living in Dereham-Toftwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Portuguese, 0.9% Polish, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Danish, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Dereham-Toftwood is 63.0% Christian, 28.9% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu. 333 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.4% of people are married, 16.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 278 widowed people living in Dereham-Toftwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Dereham-Toftwood are Skilled trades 14.2%, Sales and customer service 12.9%, Elementary 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.9%, Sales 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.1%, Caring personal service 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.3%.