England Demographics and LocalStats

In the 2011 census the population of England was 53,012,456 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in England is 39, while the median age is also 39.

83.5% of people living in England were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.3% India, 1.0% Wales, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.7% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.4% South Africa.

92.0% of people living in England speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.5% Panjabi, 0.5% Urdu, 0.4% Bengali, 0.4% Gujarati, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% French, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.3% Portuguese.

The religious make up of England is 59.4% Christian, 24.3% No religion, 5.0% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 0.8% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 3,804,104 people did not state a religion. 168,373 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5,974 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.7% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 2,745,873 widowed people living in England.

The top occupations listed by people in England are Professional 17.5%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 11.5%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Elementary 11.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Administrative 8.5%, Sales and customer service 8.4%.