Seaham Demographics (County Durham, England)

Seaham is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Seaton, High Colliery, Seaham Grange Industrial Estate, East Lea, Seaton Industrial Estate, North Lea, West Lea, Deneside and Seaton Village.

In the 2011 census the population of Seaham was 8,419 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Seaham is 42, while the median age is also 42.

96.7% of people living in Seaham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% South Africa, 0.0% Pakistan.

98.9% of people living in Seaham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Seaham is 79.2% Christian, 14.5% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Buddhist. 435 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

52.3% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 407 widowed people living in Seaham.

The top occupations listed by people in Seaham are Professional 16.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Skilled trades 11.1%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Administrative 9.7%, Elementary 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%.