Nottingham Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Nottingham was 305,680 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Nottingham is 35, while the median age is lower at 30.

78.4% of people living in Nottingham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Pakistan, 1.3% India, 1.2% Jamaica, 1.1% China, 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Zimbabwe.

87.4% of people living in Nottingham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Polish, 1.4% Urdu, 1.1% All other Chinese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Arabic, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.3% French, 0.3% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Nottingham is 44.2% Christian, 34.4% No religion, 8.8% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 1.4% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 23,178 people did not state a religion. 1,231 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 57 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

31.4% of people are married, 11.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 39.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 15,858 widowed people living in Nottingham.

The top occupations listed by people in Nottingham are Elementary 16.9%, Professional 15.8%, Elementary administration and service 14.7%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.7%, Skilled trades 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%, Sales 8.5%.