Stevenage Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Stevenage was 83,957 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Stevenage is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

85.7% of people living in Stevenage were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 1.3% India, 1.0% Ireland, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Philippines, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Bangladesh.

94.4% of people living in Stevenage speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Bengali, 0.2% Gujarati, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% French, 0.2% Tamil.

The religious make up of Stevenage is 54.4% Christian, 33.6% No religion, 2.0% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish. 5,644 people did not state a religion. 319 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 11 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.2% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 4,864 widowed people living in Stevenage.

The top occupations listed by people in Stevenage are Professional 16.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.4%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.8%, Elementary 11.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Administrative 9.1%.