Enfield Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Enfield was 312,466 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Enfield is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.

63.6% of people living in Enfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Jamaica, 1.4% Ireland, 1.3% India, 1.3% Nigeria, 1.3% Ghana, 1.1% Somalia, 0.9% Bangladesh, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Kenya.

77.1% of people living in Enfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.2% Turkish, 2.0% Polish, 1.6% Greek, 1.1% Somali, 0.9% Bengali, 0.8% Gujarati, 0.8% French, 0.7% Kurdish, 0.6% Italian.

The religious make up of Enfield is 53.6% Christian, 16.7% Muslim, 15.2% No religion, 3.5% Hindu, 1.4% Jewish, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh. 24,195 people did not state a religion. 552 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 15 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.8% of people are married, 7.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 16,028 widowed people living in Enfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Enfield are Professional 19.0%, Administrative and secretarial 13.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.8%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Elementary 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.5%, Elementary administration and service 9.5%, Administrative 9.5%, Sales and customer service 8.4%.