Bilston East Demographics (Wolverhampton, England)

Bilston East is a ward in Wolverhampton of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Bradley, Ladymoor, Freezeland, Millfields, Coseley, Upper Ettingshall, Deepfields and Wallbrook.

In the 2011 census the population of Bilston East was 13,363 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bilston East is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

89.5% of people living in Bilston East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.8% India, 1.0% Jamaica, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Kenya, 0.1% China.

93.8% of people living in Bilston East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Panjabi, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% Gujarati, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Shona, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Bilston East is 59.6% Christian, 23.7% No religion, 5.0% Sikh, 3.2% Hindu, 1.0% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist. 828 people did not state a religion. 23 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.8% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 794 widowed people living in Bilston East.

The top occupations listed by people in Bilston East are Elementary 17.2%, Skilled trades 14.3%, Elementary administration and service 13.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.6%, Administrative and secretarial 10.7%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Professional 9.1%, Sales 8.8%, Administrative 8.7%.