Norwich Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Norwich was 132,512 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Norwich is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

84.8% of people living in Norwich were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% India, 0.8% China, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa.

92.1% of people living in Norwich speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.8% All other Chinese, 0.5% Arabic, 0.4% Lithuanian, 0.4% Hungarian, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Bengali.

The religious make up of Norwich is 44.9% Christian, 41.5% No religion, 2.0% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh. 10,827 people did not state a religion. 783 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 65 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

33.4% of people are married, 15.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 8,877 widowed people living in Norwich.

The top occupations listed by people in Norwich are Professional 19.5%, Elementary 14.1%, Elementary administration and service 12.6%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.5%, Sales 8.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.7%.