Barkingside Demographics (Redbridge, England)

Barkingside is a ward in Redbridge of London, England and includes areas of Newbury Park, Gants Hill and Aldborough Hatch.

In the 2011 census the population of Barkingside was 12,609 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Barkingside is 38, while the median age is lower at 36.

58.7% of people living in Barkingside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.4% India, 5.1% Sri Lanka, 4.6% Bangladesh, 3.9% Pakistan, 2.0% Kenya, 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.4% Scotland.

73.4% of people living in Barkingside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.9% Tamil, 4.1% Bengali, 3.5% Gujarati, 2.5% Urdu, 2.5% Panjabi, 0.9% Lithuanian, 0.8% Hindi, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% Turkish.

The religious make up of Barkingside is 25.9% Christian, 22.2% Muslim, 20.4% Hindu, 10.5% Jewish, 6.4% No religion, 6.1% Sikh, 0.9% Buddhist. 877 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

53.3% of people are married, 3.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.7% are separated or divorced. There are 393 widowed people living in Barkingside.

The top occupations listed by people in Barkingside are Professional 24.7%, Administrative and secretarial 16.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Administrative 12.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.0%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Business, media and public service professionals 8.4%, Sales 8.2%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.0%, Corporate managers and directors 7.5%.