Hounslow Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Hounslow was 253,957 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Hounslow is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

54.8% of people living in Hounslow were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 10.7% India, 2.8% Pakistan, 1.8% Kenya, 1.4% Ireland, 1.1% Somalia, 1.0% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% North Africa.

71.3% of people living in Hounslow speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Panjabi, 4.1% Polish, 2.1% Urdu, 1.6% Gujarati, 1.3% Hindi, 1.0% Arabic, 1.0% Somali, 0.9% Nepalese, 0.9% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Hounslow is 42.0% Christian, 15.6% No religion, 14.0% Muslim, 10.3% Hindu, 9.0% Sikh, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish. 16,462 people did not state a religion. 529 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 23 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.0% of people are married, 8.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 12,081 widowed people living in Hounslow.

The top occupations listed by people in Hounslow are Professional 18.5%, Associate professional and technical 13.7%, Elementary 13.1%, Elementary administration and service 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.3%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Administrative 8.9%, Skilled trades 8.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.4%.