Heathfield Demographics (Croydon, England)

Heathfield is a ward in Croydon of London, England and includes areas of New Addington, Forestdale and Selsdon.

In the 2011 census the population of Heathfield was 13,213 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Heathfield is 40, while the median age is also 40.

81.2% of people living in Heathfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.9% Ireland, 0.8% Pakistan, 0.8% Jamaica, 0.8% Nigeria, 0.8% Ghana, 0.8% Kenya, 0.8% Sri Lanka.

93.2% of people living in Heathfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Urdu, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% Gujarati, 0.4% Tamil, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% French, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious make up of Heathfield is 59.2% Christian, 22.6% No religion, 4.4% Muslim, 3.6% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.4% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 1,025 people did not state a religion. 35 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.8% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 732 widowed people living in Heathfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Heathfield are Professional 18.3%, Administrative and secretarial 16.2%, Associate professional and technical 14.0%, Administrative 11.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 7.4%, Elementary 7.4%.