Horley East Demographics (Reigate and Banstead, England)

Horley East is a ward in Reigate and Banstead of South East, England and includes areas of Shipley Bridge, Burstow, Horne, Smallfield and Weatherhill.

In the 2011 census the population of Horley East was 5,925 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Horley East is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

85.5% of people living in Horley East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.2% South Africa, 1.0% Wales, 0.9% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.5% Hong Kong , 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% South America, 0.3% Kenya.

95.9% of people living in Horley East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% French.

The religious make up of Horley East is 60.5% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 1.5% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 416 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

53.0% of people are married, 13.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.8% are separated or divorced. There are 248 widowed people living in Horley East.

The top occupations listed by people in Horley East are Professional 16.9%, Associate professional and technical 15.5%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Administrative 10.3%, Skilled trades 9.7%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.3%, Corporate managers and directors 9.3%, Sales and customer service 7.6%.