Gainsborough Demographics (Ipswich, England)

Gainsborough is a ward in Ipswich of East of England, England and includes areas of Gainsborough, Racecourse and Rose Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Gainsborough was 8,792 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

90.2% of people living in Gainsborough were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Bangladesh, 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% United States, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Jamaica, 0.2% China, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India.

94.7% of people living in Gainsborough speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Bengali, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.3% Shona, 0.2% Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Albanian.

The religious make up of Gainsborough is 48.0% Christian, 41.1% No religion, 3.0% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh. 588 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.6% of people are married, 14.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 437 widowed people living in Gainsborough.

The top occupations listed by people in Gainsborough are Elementary 18.8%, Elementary administration and service 16.2%, Skilled trades 15.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.5%, Sales and customer service 12.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.9%, Sales 10.1%, Caring personal service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.8%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.8%.