Upper Stoke Demographics (Coventry, England)

Upper Stoke is a ward in Coventry of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Wyken, Stoke, Stoke Park and Upper Stoke.

In the 2011 census the population of Upper Stoke was 18,373 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Upper Stoke is 36, while the median age is lower at 32.

71.1% of people living in Upper Stoke were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.3% India, 1.8% Ireland, 1.4% Scotland, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.9% Nigeria, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Kenya, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Zimbabwe.

81.8% of people living in Upper Stoke speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Panjabi, 4.1% Polish, 1.0% Gujarati, 0.7% Hindi, 0.6% Tamil, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Persian/Farsi, 0.4% Slovak.

The religious make up of Upper Stoke is 51.5% Christian, 20.6% No religion, 8.3% Sikh, 7.3% Muslim, 5.1% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 1,052 people did not state a religion. 56 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.4% of people are married, 10.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.5% are separated or divorced. There are 997 widowed people living in Upper Stoke.

The top occupations listed by people in Upper Stoke are Elementary 21.1%, Elementary administration and service 18.1%, Professional 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative 8.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%.