Liverpool Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Liverpool was 466,415 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Liverpool is 38, while the median age is lower at 35.

87.3% of people living in Liverpool were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Northern Ireland, 1.0% Wales, 1.0% China, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.3% Somalia, 0.3% North Africa.

93.7% of people living in Liverpool speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% All other Chinese, 0.8% Arabic, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Somali, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Liverpool is 71.0% Christian, 17.3% No religion, 3.3% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.5% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist. 29,024 people did not state a religion. 1,398 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 50 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

32.0% of people are married, 9.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 40.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 25,991 widowed people living in Liverpool.

The top occupations listed by people in Liverpool are Professional 17.5%, Elementary 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Associate professional and technical 11.2%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Administrative 10.0%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Sales 8.3%.