Ollerton Demographics (Newark and Sherwood, England)

Ollerton is a ward in Newark and Sherwood of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Walesby, Boughton, Kirton, Perlethorpe Cum Budby, Thoresby, Ollerton, Perlethorpe, New Ollerton, Budby and Rufford.

In the 2011 census the population of Ollerton was 6,512 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Ollerton is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

94.1% of people living in Ollerton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Nigeria.

99.1% of people living in Ollerton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Ollerton is 66.6% Christian, 25.3% No religion, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Hindu. 456 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.0% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 363 widowed people living in Ollerton.

The top occupations listed by people in Ollerton are Elementary 19.4%, Elementary administration and service 15.8%, Skilled trades 14.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.6%, Caring personal service 10.5%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.6%, Administrative and secretarial 8.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.5%.