Driffield and Rural Demographics (East Riding of Yorkshire, England)

Driffield and Rural is a ward in East Riding of Yorkshire of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Little Driffield, Bell Mills, King's Mill Fall, Great Driffield, Bracken, Kings Mill, Cross Hill, Church End, Cattleholmes, Hawold, Battleburn, Hutton Cranswick, Garton-On-The-Wolds, Fimber, Wetwang, Swaythorpe, Octon Grange, Bainton, Middleton On The Wolds, Skerne, Scorborough, Lockington, Beswick, Thorpe, North Dalton, Kellythorpe, Neswick, Lund, Eastburn, Cranswick, Southburn, Sunderlandwick, Wilfholme, Watton, Tibthorpe, Fridaythorpe, Kilnwick, Kirkburn, Hutton and Aike.

In the 2011 census the population of Driffield and Rural was 15,199 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Driffield and Rural is 43, while the median age is higher at 45.

94.0% of people living in Driffield and Rural were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% United States, 0.1% India.

98.9% of people living in Driffield and Rural speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% German, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of Driffield and Rural is 67.9% Christian, 22.9% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim. 1,226 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.3% of people are married, 12.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.1% are separated or divorced. There are 809 widowed people living in Driffield and Rural.

The top occupations listed by people in Driffield and Rural are Skilled trades 13.9%, Professional 13.6%, Elementary 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%.