Ham Demographics (Arun, England)

Ham is a ward in Arun of South East, England and includes areas of Lineside Industrial Estate, Arunside Industrial Estate, Toddington, Wick, Lyminster and Fort Road Community Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Ham was 5,795 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Ham is 38, while the median age is also 38.

87.2% of people living in Ham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% South America.

92.0% of people living in Ham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Polish, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.2% Lithuanian, 0.7% Latvian, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Malayalam, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Ham is 57.5% Christian, 34.3% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 345 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.4% of people are married, 14.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 14.0% are separated or divorced. There are 474 widowed people living in Ham.

The top occupations listed by people in Ham are Elementary 16.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 16.0%, Skilled trades 14.9%, Caring personal service 13.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.3%, Elementary administration and service 11.9%, Caring Personal Services 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Sales 8.1%.