Lymington Town Demographics (New Forest, England)

Lymington Town is a ward in New Forest of South East, England and includes areas of Waterford, Sway and Boldre.

In the 2011 census the population of Lymington Town was 5,844 and is made up of approximately 55% females and 45% males.

The average age of people in Lymington Town is 52, while the median age is higher at 56.

84.5% of people living in Lymington Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Scotland, 1.7% Wales, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% United States, 0.6% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Australia, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

97.1% of people living in Lymington Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.3% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% German, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Lymington Town is 68.1% Christian, 22.0% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Sikh. 489 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.5% of people are married, 9.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.5% are separated or divorced. There are 387 widowed people living in Lymington Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Lymington Town are Professional 20.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 19.1%, Associate professional and technical 15.3%, Corporate managers and directors 11.4%, Skilled trades 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.6%, Other managers and proprietors 7.7%, Elementary 6.7%.