Wellingborough Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Wellingborough was 75,356 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Wellingborough is 40, while the median age is also 40.

85.1% of people living in Wellingborough were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% India, 1.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Bangladesh.

92.4% of people living in Wellingborough speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Polish, 1.7% Gujarati, 0.4% Bengali, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Wellingborough is 57.7% Christian, 28.8% No religion, 3.6% Hindu, 1.6% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 5,068 people did not state a religion. 238 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

48.4% of people are married, 12.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 4,108 widowed people living in Wellingborough.

The top occupations listed by people in Wellingborough are Elementary 14.7%, Professional 12.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Administrative and secretarial 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Administrative 9.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%.