Buckland Demographics (New Forest, England)

Buckland is a ward in New Forest of South East, England and includes areas of Waterford.

In the 2011 census the population of Buckland was 3,501 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Buckland is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

87.3% of people living in Buckland were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.3% Wales, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% India, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.3% United States, 0.3% South America.

96.8% of people living in Buckland speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.4% Malayalam, 0.2% French, 0.2% German, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Any other Eastern European Language, 0.1% Danish.

The religious make up of Buckland is 63.7% Christian, 26.5% No religion, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 270 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.9% of people are married, 13.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.1% are separated or divorced. There are 252 widowed people living in Buckland.

The top occupations listed by people in Buckland are Skilled trades 14.3%, Professional 13.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Elementary 9.0%, Caring personal service 8.8%, Sales 8.3%.