Stour Valley Demographics (North Dorset, England)

Stour Valley is a ward in North Dorset of South West, England and includes areas of Marnhull, Moorside, Gannets, Gannetts, Manston, Todber, Yewstock, Hinton St. Mary and Rixon.

In the 2011 census the population of Stour Valley was 4,757 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Stour Valley is 44, while the median age is also 44.

90.5% of people living in Stour Valley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% India, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% North Africa.

97.1% of people living in Stour Valley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.7% Bulgarian, 0.1% Hebrew, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Stour Valley is 67.4% Christian, 22.9% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist. 375 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.1% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.5% are separated or divorced. There are 283 widowed people living in Stour Valley.

The top occupations listed by people in Stour Valley are Skilled trades 18.3%, Elementary 13.0%, Professional 12.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.9%, Caring personal service 9.2%, Administrative and secretarial 8.6%, Elementary administration and service 8.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.4%.