Chadwell Heath Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Chadwell Heath is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Chadwell Heath, Little Heath and Padnall.

In the 2011 census the population of Chadwell Heath was 10,021 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Chadwell Heath is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

74.2% of people living in Chadwell Heath were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% Nigeria, 2.2% India, 2.0% Pakistan, 1.2% Bangladesh, 1.2% Ireland, 0.8% Jamaica, 0.7% Kenya, 0.7% Ghana, 0.6% Sri Lanka.

86.1% of people living in Chadwell Heath speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Urdu, 1.2% Bengali, 1.0% Panjabi, 1.0% Lithuanian, 0.8% Polish, 0.7% Gujarati, 0.6% French, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Tamil.

The religious make up of Chadwell Heath is 57.0% Christian, 18.8% No religion, 10.4% Muslim, 3.3% Hindu, 2.8% Sikh, 0.4% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist. 654 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.6% of people are married, 8.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 595 widowed people living in Chadwell Heath.

The top occupations listed by people in Chadwell Heath are Professional 14.5%, Administrative and secretarial 14.2%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Elementary 12.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Elementary administration and service 10.8%, Administrative 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Sales 8.3%.