Cherwell Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Cherwell was 141,868 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Cherwell is 39, while the median age is also 39.

85.1% of people living in Cherwell were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.3% Wales, 0.9% United States, 0.7% India, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

94.4% of people living in Cherwell speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Polish, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.4% Urdu, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% French, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Cherwell is 63.8% Christian, 24.9% No religion, 2.3% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 9,739 people did not state a religion. 502 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 13 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

51.1% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.9% are separated or divorced. There are 6,781 widowed people living in Cherwell.

The top occupations listed by people in Cherwell are Professional 16.7%, Associate professional and technical 13.1%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Elementary 10.6%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.4%, Administrative 8.4%.