Blaby Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Blaby was 93,915 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Blaby is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

91.4% of people living in Blaby were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% India, 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Kenya, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Hong Kong .

96.6% of people living in Blaby speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Gujarati, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.5% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Blaby is 58.1% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 2.7% Hindu, 2.0% Sikh, 0.8% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 6,252 people did not state a religion. 302 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

52.7% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 4,345 widowed people living in Blaby.

The top occupations listed by people in Blaby are Professional 15.9%, Skilled trades 13.0%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.2%, Elementary 9.6%, Administrative 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Sales and customer service 8.6%, Elementary administration and service 8.5%.