Eastbrook Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Eastbrook is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Heathway, Eastbrook End, London Road, Rush Green, Oldchurch, Becontree Heath, Eastbrook, Heath Park, Beacontree Heath, Dagenham East and Valence.

In the 2011 census the population of Eastbrook was 10,506 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Eastbrook is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

80.0% of people living in Eastbrook were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.7% Nigeria, 1.2% Ireland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Ghana, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.4% Jamaica.

90.3% of people living in Eastbrook speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Lithuanian, 1.1% Bengali, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% French, 0.3% Albanian, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Urdu.

The religious make up of Eastbrook is 64.0% Christian, 21.8% No religion, 5.3% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.5% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish. 658 people did not state a religion. 39 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.5% of people are married, 9.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 509 widowed people living in Eastbrook.

The top occupations listed by people in Eastbrook are Administrative and secretarial 15.4%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Professional 13.2%, Elementary 11.6%, Administrative 11.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.