Hillingdon Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Hillingdon was 273,936 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Hillingdon is 36, while the median age is lower at 35.

68.0% of people living in Hillingdon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.7% India, 1.8% Pakistan, 1.6% Ireland, 1.6% Sri Lanka, 1.3% Kenya, 1.1% Somalia, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Bangladesh.

81.2% of people living in Hillingdon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Panjabi, 1.5% Polish, 1.4% Tamil, 1.3% Urdu, 1.2% Gujarati, 1.1% Somali, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Persian/Farsi, 0.6% Nepalese.

The religious make up of Hillingdon is 49.2% Christian, 16.7% No religion, 10.6% Muslim, 8.0% Hindu, 6.7% Sikh, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.6% Jewish. 17,495 people did not state a religion. 621 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 16 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.6% of people are married, 8.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.1% are separated or divorced. There are 12,375 widowed people living in Hillingdon.

The top occupations listed by people in Hillingdon are Professional 17.1%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Elementary 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.2%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Administrative 9.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.6%.