Lower Stoke Demographics (Coventry, England)

Lower Stoke is a ward in Coventry of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Pinley Gardens, Pinley and Stoke Aldermoor.

In the 2011 census the population of Lower Stoke was 18,542 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Lower Stoke is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

74.7% of people living in Lower Stoke were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.0% India, 2.1% Ireland, 1.3% Scotland, 1.2% Zimbabwe, 1.1% Nigeria, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Kenya, 0.6% Somalia, 0.5% Northern Ireland.

85.9% of people living in Lower Stoke speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Polish, 1.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Gujarati, 0.7% French, 0.5% Tamil, 0.5% Somali, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Romanian, 0.4% Swahili/Kiswahili.

The religious make up of Lower Stoke is 58.5% Christian, 21.2% No religion, 4.7% Muslim, 4.7% Sikh, 3.7% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,127 people did not state a religion. 35 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.6% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 901 widowed people living in Lower Stoke.

The top occupations listed by people in Lower Stoke are Elementary 17.5%, Professional 16.0%, Elementary administration and service 15.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 10.3%, Skilled trades 10.1%, Sales and customer service 9.1%, Administrative 9.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.5%.