Rye Demographics (Rother, England)

Rye is a ward in Rother of South East, England and includes areas of Camber, Rye Harbour, Jurys Gap, Playden, Iden, East Guldeford, Bowler's Town and Rye Foreign.

In the 2011 census the population of Rye was 4,255 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Rye is 46, while the median age is higher at 48.

92.0% of people living in Rye were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% United States, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Kenya, 0.1% Bangladesh.

98.2% of people living in Rye speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% French, 0.2% German, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Rye is 63.1% Christian, 26.0% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 361 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.8% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 303 widowed people living in Rye.

The top occupations listed by people in Rye are Skilled trades 17.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.7%, Elementary 12.5%, Professional 12.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 11.1%, Associate professional and technical 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.1%, Other managers and proprietors 8.7%, Sales and customer service 7.3%.