Effingham Demographics (Guildford, England)

Effingham is a ward in Guildford of South East, England and includes areas of Effingham Junction, East Horsley and Effingham.

In the 2011 census the population of Effingham was 2,711 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Effingham is 42, while the median age is higher at 45.

85.9% of people living in Effingham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% Scotland, 1.1% South Africa, 1.1% Wales, 0.9% Ireland, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.5% United States, 0.4% China, 0.3% Australia, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

97.2% of people living in Effingham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Cantonese Chinese, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.3% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Korean, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.1% Danish.

The religious make up of Effingham is 65.1% Christian, 23.9% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 249 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

59.9% of people are married, 8.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.9% are separated or divorced. There are 96 widowed people living in Effingham.

The top occupations listed by people in Effingham are Professional 21.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 19.1%, Associate professional and technical 14.4%, Corporate managers and directors 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.1%, Skilled trades 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.2%, Business, media and public service professionals 8.0%, Administrative 6.7%.