Charmouth Demographics (West Dorset, England)

Charmouth is a ward in West Dorset of South West, England and includes areas of Eype, Lower Eype, Chideock, North Chideock, Bluntshay, Seatown, Whitechurch, Symondsbury, Fishpond, Wootton Fitzpaine, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Higher Eype, Fishpond Bottom, Champernhayes Marsh, Shave Cross, Charmouth, Monkton Wyld, Morcombelake, Bettiscombe, Eype's Mouth, Fishponds, Stanton St. Gabriel, Ryall and Abbotts Wootton.

In the 2011 census the population of Charmouth was 1,697 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Charmouth is 53, while the median age is higher at 59.

92.8% of people living in Charmouth were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Wales, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% India, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Kenya.

99.1% of people living in Charmouth speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.1% Northern European Language, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Charmouth is 63.6% Christian, 26.7% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 140 people did not state a religion.

58.1% of people are married, 7.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 12.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.0% are separated or divorced. There are 90 widowed people living in Charmouth.

The top occupations listed by people in Charmouth are Managers, directors and senior officials 19.6%, Skilled trades 17.1%, Professional 15.3%, Other managers and proprietors 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Associate professional and technical 9.9%, Sales and customer service 8.6%, Corporate managers and directors 8.5%, Sales 8.3%, Elementary 8.1%.