Crane Demographics (East Dorset, England)

Crane is a ward in East Dorset of South West, England and includes areas of Horton, Manswood Common, Moor Crichel, Witchampton, Manswood, Gussage All Saints, Long Crichel, Boveridge, Knowlton, Wimborne St. Giles, Brockington, Cranborne, Edmondsham and Gussage St. Michael.

In the 2011 census the population of Crane was 2,189 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Crane is 43, while the median age is higher at 46.

92.6% of people living in Crane were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 1.3% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Australia, 0.3% North Africa, 0.3% Kenya, 0.2% India, 0.2% Nigeria, 0.0% China.

98.9% of people living in Crane speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of Crane is 67.2% Christian, 22.7% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 198 people did not state a religion. 2 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.8% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 96 widowed people living in Crane.

The top occupations listed by people in Crane are Skilled trades 18.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 15.8%, Professional 15.4%, Associate professional and technical 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Elementary 9.7%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Corporate managers and directors 9.1%, Caring personal service 7.7%, Other managers and proprietors 6.7%.