Heacham Demographics (King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England)

Heacham is a ward in King's Lynn and West Norfolk of East of England, England and includes areas of Norton Hill, Shepherd's Port, Snettisham and Heacham.

In the 2011 census the population of Heacham was 4,750 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Heacham is 52, while the median age is higher at 58.

95.1% of people living in Heacham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% India.

99.5% of people living in Heacham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% German, 0.1% Polish.

The religious make up of Heacham is 71.1% Christian, 19.5% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist. 385 people did not state a religion. 10 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

54.4% of people are married, 9.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 14.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 287 widowed people living in Heacham.

The top occupations listed by people in Heacham are Skilled trades 19.0%, Elementary 13.6%, Elementary administration and service 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.1%, Professional 9.8%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Caring personal service 8.6%, Skilled construction and building trades 8.3%.