Buckland Demographics (Dover, England)

Buckland is a ward in Dover of South East, England and includes areas of Park Barracks, Old Park Barracks, River Without and Whitfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Buckland was 7,580 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Buckland is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

92.3% of people living in Buckland were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% South Africa.

97.6% of people living in Buckland speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% French, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Czech.

The religious make up of Buckland is 61.1% Christian, 29.4% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 549 people did not state a religion. 48 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

38.8% of people are married, 14.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 525 widowed people living in Buckland.

The top occupations listed by people in Buckland are Elementary 16.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 13.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.4%, Sales and customer service 12.0%, Caring personal service 11.4%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Sales 9.8%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%.