Sandhill Demographics (Sunderland, England)

Sandhill is a ward in Sunderland of North East, England and includes areas of Downhill Estate, Thorney Close Estate, Springwell Estate, Grindon, Springwell, Pennywell Estate, Hasting Hill, Grindon Village, Hastings Hill Estate, Offerton Village, Grindon Estate, Coxgreen, Offerton, Pennywell, Pennywell Industrial Estate, Cox Green and Grindon Village Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Sandhill was 11,128 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Sandhill is 40, while the median age is also 40.

97.0% of people living in Sandhill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong .

99.0% of people living in Sandhill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Urdu.

The religious make up of Sandhill is 68.7% Christian, 24.3% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist. 642 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.5% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 693 widowed people living in Sandhill.

The top occupations listed by people in Sandhill are Elementary 17.9%, Sales and customer service 15.0%, Elementary administration and service 14.9%, Skilled trades 13.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.5%, Caring personal service 10.2%, Sales 9.7%, Administrative 8.5%.