Eastbury Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Eastbury is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Upney Lane Hospital, Faircross, Castle Green, Porters, Parsloes Park, Goresbrook Estate and Brook Meadows.

In the 2011 census the population of Eastbury was 11,624 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Eastbury is 33, while the median age is lower at 31.

67.0% of people living in Eastbury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.3% Nigeria, 2.6% Pakistan, 2.2% Bangladesh, 1.7% India, 1.2% Ghana, 1.0% Somalia, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Ireland.

78.4% of people living in Eastbury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Lithuanian, 2.4% Bengali, 1.9% Urdu, 1.6% Polish, 1.2% Romanian, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.0% Albanian, 0.9% Panjabi, 0.8% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Eastbury is 56.2% Christian, 18.7% No religion, 15.3% Muslim, 2.1% Hindu, 1.0% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 677 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.0% of people are married, 9.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 599 widowed people living in Eastbury.

The top occupations listed by people in Eastbury are Elementary 16.5%, Elementary administration and service 14.5%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Professional 12.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Administrative 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%.