Yeo Demographics (Mid Devon, England)

Yeo is a ward in Mid Devon of South West, England and includes areas of Knowle, Morchard Road, Copplestone, Keymelford, Moorlake, Lower Combe, Elston, Colebrooke, Woodland Head, Binneford, Gays, Yeoford, Spreyton, Gunstone, Crediton Hamlets, Hillerton, Heath Cross, Neopardy, Coleford, Gunstone Cross, Hollacombe, Gunstone Mills, Raddon and Penstone.

In the 2011 census the population of Yeo was 3,488 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Yeo is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

93.2% of people living in Yeo were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.3% Australia, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% South America.

98.7% of people living in Yeo speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Ukrainian, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg.

The religious make up of Yeo is 61.8% Christian, 28.3% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim. 283 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

57.3% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.4% are separated or divorced. There are 156 widowed people living in Yeo.

The top occupations listed by people in Yeo are Skilled trades 18.0%, Professional 17.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Elementary 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.1%, Skilled agricultural and related trades 7.3%, Agricultural and Related Trades 7.3%, Administrative 7.2%.