Erdington Demographics (Birmingham, England)

Erdington is a ward in Birmingham of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Erdington, Short Heath, Perry Common, Beggars Bush, Gravelly Hill, Spitfire Park, Cat Hill, Tyburn and Pype Hayes.

In the 2011 census the population of Erdington was 22,828 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Erdington is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

83.3% of people living in Erdington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.2% Ireland, 1.4% Jamaica, 1.1% India, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Wales, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Bangladesh.

93.0% of people living in Erdington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Polish, 0.6% Urdu, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.3% Bengali, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% Gujarati, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% French.

The religious make up of Erdington is 60.7% Christian, 23.5% No religion, 5.5% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.9% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 1,595 people did not state a religion. 65 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

35.4% of people are married, 11.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 1,446 widowed people living in Erdington.

The top occupations listed by people in Erdington are Professional 16.3%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Elementary 12.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Elementary administration and service 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%.