Gipping Demographics (Ipswich, England)

Gipping is a ward in Ipswich of East of England, England and includes areas of Chantry and Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Gipping was 8,826 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Gipping is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

82.5% of people living in Gipping were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% India, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Bangladesh, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

89.1% of people living in Gipping speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Polish, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.0% Kurdish, 0.8% Lithuanian, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% Russian, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.2% Romanian, 0.2% Slovak.

The religious make up of Gipping is 49.4% Christian, 37.0% No religion, 3.4% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist. 671 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

33.9% of people are married, 16.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.0% are separated or divorced. There are 585 widowed people living in Gipping.

The top occupations listed by people in Gipping are Elementary 16.0%, Elementary administration and service 12.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Sales and customer service 11.7%, Professional 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Sales 9.4%.