Nelson Demographics (Great Yarmouth, England)

Nelson is a ward in Great Yarmouth of East of England, England and includes areas of South Denes and Southtown.

In the 2011 census the population of Nelson was 8,681 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Nelson is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

79.8% of people living in Nelson were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South America, 0.2% Hong Kong .

84.5% of people living in Nelson speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.9% Portuguese, 2.9% Lithuanian, 2.1% Polish, 0.7% Latvian, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% Slovak, 0.4% Turkish, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious make up of Nelson is 53.3% Christian, 35.5% No religion, 1.7% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 672 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

27.4% of people are married, 17.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 15.5% are separated or divorced. There are 809 widowed people living in Nelson.

The top occupations listed by people in Nelson are Elementary 25.7%, Elementary administration and service 19.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 16.5%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.7%, Process Operatives 8.6%, Sales 8.4%.