Ottery St Mary Town Demographics (East Devon, England)

Ottery St Mary Town is a ward in East Devon of South West, England and includes areas of East Hill, Daisymount, Woodcote, Cadhay, Salston, Fairmile, Wiggaton, Southerton, Higher Metcombe, Escot Park, Venn Ottery, Metcombe, Fluxton, Holcombe, West Hill, Alfington, Coombelake, Gosford and Taleford.

In the 2011 census the population of Ottery St Mary Town was 4,898 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Ottery St Mary Town is 43, while the median age is higher at 45.

91.6% of people living in Ottery St Mary Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Wales, 1.3% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Australia.

99.0% of people living in Ottery St Mary Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% German, 0.1% Danish.

The religious make up of Ottery St Mary Town is 62.6% Christian, 27.2% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Hindu. 424 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

53.7% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 281 widowed people living in Ottery St Mary Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Ottery St Mary Town are Professional 19.6%, Skilled trades 14.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.7%, Associate professional and technical 11.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Elementary 9.3%, Administrative 8.0%, Caring personal service 7.6%, Elementary administration and service 7.5%.