Downham Old Town Demographics (King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England)

Downham Old Town is a ward in King's Lynn and West Norfolk of East of England, England and includes areas of Trafalgar Industrial Estate, Broomhill, Bexwell and The Howdale.

In the 2011 census the population of Downham Old Town was 2,769 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Downham Old Town is 43, while the median age is lower at 42.

90.5% of people living in Downham Old Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% United States, 1.5% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

97.3% of people living in Downham Old Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Downham Old Town is 60.3% Christian, 28.6% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 239 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.5% of people are married, 15.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.0% are separated or divorced. There are 188 widowed people living in Downham Old Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Downham Old Town are Skilled trades 13.4%, Professional 13.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Elementary 11.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Elementary administration and service 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.3%.