Riverside Demographics (Gravesham, England)

Riverside is a ward in Gravesham of South East, England and includes areas of Chalk and Westcourt.

In the 2011 census the population of Riverside was 8,627 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Riverside is 33, while the median age is lower at 31.

71.7% of people living in Riverside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.5% India, 1.2% Nigeria, 1.0% Ireland, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Wales.

79.7% of people living in Riverside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.5% Panjabi, 3.5% Polish, 2.4% Slovak, 1.6% Lithuanian, 0.6% Russian, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.4% Romanian, 0.4% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Riverside is 54.4% Christian, 20.6% No religion, 11.4% Sikh, 4.2% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 522 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.3% of people are married, 14.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.3% are separated or divorced. There are 530 widowed people living in Riverside.

The top occupations listed by people in Riverside are Elementary 20.4%, Elementary administration and service 13.3%, Professional 11.7%, Skilled trades 11.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.4%.