Corby Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Corby was 61,255 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Corby is 37, while the median age is also 37.

72.6% of people living in Corby were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 12.7% Scotland, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.3% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.1% Nigeria.

90.6% of people living in Corby speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Polish, 0.6% Slovak, 0.6% Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, 0.5% Latvian, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% Hungarian, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.3% Romanian.

The religious make up of Corby is 59.0% Christian, 32.9% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 3,751 people did not state a religion. 187 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.9% of people are married, 14.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 3,350 widowed people living in Corby.

The top occupations listed by people in Corby are Elementary 21.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 16.2%, Elementary administration and service 16.1%, Skilled trades 10.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Professional 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.2%.