West Wickham Demographics (Bromley, England)

West Wickham is a ward in Bromley of London, England and includes areas of Hawes Down, Addington and Coney Hall.

In the 2011 census the population of West Wickham was 14,884 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in West Wickham is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

87.8% of people living in West Wickham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% Wales, 0.9% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Kenya, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Jamaica.

96.7% of people living in West Wickham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Gujarati, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% German, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Albanian.

The religious make up of West Wickham is 66.4% Christian, 21.4% No religion, 1.7% Hindu, 1.5% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,098 people did not state a religion. 50 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

56.5% of people are married, 6.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.1% are separated or divorced. There are 539 widowed people living in West Wickham.

The top occupations listed by people in West Wickham are Professional 21.2%, Associate professional and technical 16.4%, Administrative and secretarial 16.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.7%, Administrative 10.8%, Corporate managers and directors 9.7%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.2%, Skilled trades 8.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.0%, Business, media and public service professionals 7.5%.