Waterlees Demographics (Fenland, England)

Waterlees is a ward in Fenland of East of England, England and includes areas of East Field Road and East Field.

In the 2011 census the population of Waterlees was 5,542 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Waterlees is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

78.3% of people living in Waterlees were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% India, 0.3% United States, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% China, 0.1% South America.

80.8% of people living in Waterlees speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Lithuanian, 6.5% Polish, 1.5% Latvian, 1.3% Russian, 1.2% Portuguese, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Waterlees is 66.4% Christian, 24.8% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist. 392 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

40.9% of people are married, 16.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 324 widowed people living in Waterlees.

The top occupations listed by people in Waterlees are Process, plant and machine operatives 26.9%, Elementary 25.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 19.8%, Process Operatives 15.5%, Elementary trades and related 13.9%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Elementary administration and service 11.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Caring personal service 8.6%, Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 7.1%.