Northumberland Heath Demographics (Bexley, England)

Northumberland Heath is a ward in Bexley of London, England and includes areas of West Heath.

In the 2011 census the population of Northumberland Heath was 10,598 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

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

88.9% of people living in Northumberland Heath were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% India, 1.2% Nigeria, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Kenya, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

95.4% of people living in Northumberland Heath speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.5% Panjabi, 0.4% Turkish, 0.3% Tamil, 0.2% Pashto, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Northumberland Heath is 61.9% Christian, 24.2% No religion, 4.1% Sikh, 1.9% Muslim, 1.0% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 620 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.5% of people are married, 9.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 422 widowed people living in Northumberland Heath.

The top occupations listed by people in Northumberland Heath are Administrative and secretarial 17.5%, Skilled trades 13.7%, Administrative 12.9%, Professional 12.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%, Elementary 8.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.3%.