Sandy Demographics (Central Bedfordshire, England)

Sandy is a ward in Central Bedfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Hatch, Budna, Girtford, Seddington, Beeston, Gamlingay, Tempsford, Cockayne Hatley, Tetworth, Eyeworth, Potton, Wrestlingworth, Sutton, Everton, The Heath and Langford End.

In the 2011 census the population of Sandy was 12,603 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Sandy is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

90.6% of people living in Sandy were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Philippines.

97.7% of people living in Sandy speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% German, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Sandy is 60.2% Christian, 30.6% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 836 people did not state a religion. 49 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

51.5% of people are married, 13.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 655 widowed people living in Sandy.

The top occupations listed by people in Sandy are Professional 14.9%, Associate professional and technical 13.2%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.1%, Elementary 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.0%, Corporate managers and directors 8.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.7%, Administrative 8.7%.