Slough Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Slough was 140,205 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Slough is 33, while the median age is lower at 32.

59.4% of people living in Slough were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.2% India, 8.0% Pakistan, 1.6% Kenya, 1.0% Ireland, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Somalia, 0.9% Sri Lanka, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Wales.

72.9% of people living in Slough speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.2% Polish, 6.2% Panjabi, 5.0% Urdu, 0.7% Somali, 0.6% Tamil, 0.6% Hindi, 0.5% Arabic, 0.4% Gujarati, 0.4% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Slough is 41.2% Christian, 23.3% Muslim, 11.9% No religion, 10.6% Sikh, 6.2% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 7,956 people did not state a religion. 281 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 9 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.4% of people are married, 8.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 6,687 widowed people living in Slough.

The top occupations listed by people in Slough are Professional 15.6%, Elementary 15.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.7%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Skilled trades 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Administrative 8.5%.