Wyre Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Wyre was 107,749 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Wyre is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

93.3% of people living in Wyre were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% China, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.7% of people living in Wyre speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Wyre is 74.6% Christian, 17.6% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 7,071 people did not state a religion. 208 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

51.3% of people are married, 10.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 6,075 widowed people living in Wyre.

The top occupations listed by people in Wyre are Professional 15.2%, Administrative and secretarial 14.0%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Administrative 11.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Elementary 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 8.3%, Sales and customer service 8.1%.