THE CENSUS for Thurrock as well as the rest of England and Wales has been released today (Tuesday).

A census has been taken every ten years since 1851.

YT has yet to wade through all the information but has looked at a couple of key pages.

The population of Thurrock stands at 157,705. 77,823 males and 79, 882 females.

Among the age range states are:
0-4: 12,005
10-14: 9,949
16-17: 4,117
20-24: 9,864
23-29: 11,162
30-49: 35,566
43-59: 29,375
60-64: 8,739
85-89: 1,844
90-plus: 782

Religion
Christian: 99,891
Buddhist: 615
Hindu: 1,178
Jewish: 221
Muslim: 3,164
Sikh: 1,224
Other: 456
No religion: 41,061
Not stated: 9,895