Editing Sheerness (section)

== Demography ==
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|+'''Sheerness compared'''
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!'''Sheerness'''
!'''Swale'''
!'''England'''
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!Total population
|11,654||122,801||49,138,831
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!Foreign born
|3.1%||3.6%||9.2%
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!White
|98%||98%||91%
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!Asian
|1.1%||0.7%||4.6%
|-
!Black
|0.2%||0.3%||2.3%
|-
!Christian
|72%||76%||72%
|-
!Muslim
|0.6%||0.4%||3.1%
|-
!No religion
|19%||15%||15%
|-
!Over 65&nbsp;years old
|13%||16%||16%
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | ''Source: [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]]''
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At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]],<ref name="Statistics east">{{cite web  | title = Area: Sheerness East (Ward)  | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk  | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=sheern&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&enc=1&areaId=5945236&OAAreaId=459915  | access-date = 29 March 2007  | archive-date = 3 March 2016  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172130/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=sheern&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&enc=1&areaId=5945236&OAAreaId=459915  | url-status = live  }}</ref><ref name="Statistics west">{{cite web | title = Area: Sheerness West (Ward) | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=sheern&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&enc=1&areaId=5945235&OAAreaId=459934 | access-date = 29 March 2007 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180247/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=sheern&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&enc=1&areaId=5945235&OAAreaId=459934 | url-status = live }}</ref> Sheerness had a population of 11,654. The [[Office for National Statistics]] estimated the population in mid-2005 to be 11,000, a decrease of 5.6% since the 2001 census.<ref>{{cite web  | title = 2005 – Population Estimates by Ward  | publisher = Swale Borough Council | url = http://www.swale.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4477 | access-date = 2 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927063953/http://www.swale.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4477 |archive-date = 27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The population density at the 2001 census was 9.8&nbsp;persons per [[acre]] (24.2&nbsp;persons per [[hectare]]) and for every 100 females, there were 96.4&nbsp;males. Residents of Sheerness had an average age of 34.7&nbsp;years, younger than the 38.2&nbsp;Swale average. Of all residents, 51% were single (never married) and 24% married; in Swale, 42% were single and 35% were married. Of the 4,870 households, 34% were one-person households, 15% were married couples with dependent children, and 11% were lone parents with dependent children. Of those aged 16–74 in Sheerness, 44% had no [[Education in England#Specialist qualifications|academic qualifications]], higher than the 34% in all of Swale.

According to the 2001 data, Sheerness has a low proportion of foreign-born residents compared to the rest of England, at 3%. Ninety-eight per cent of residents were recorded as white; the largest minority group was recorded as Asian, at 1.1% of the population. The 2000s saw a rise in the foreign-born population, with the town now having a significant eastern European population. Data from the 2011 census is not yet available to give specific numbers.