Village Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Village is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Heathway and Marsh Green.

In the 2011 census the population of Village was 10,787 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Village is 34, while the median age is lower at 33.

73.1% of people living in Village were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.7% Nigeria, 1.3% Ghana, 1.0% Ireland, 0.9% Bangladesh, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% India, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Scotland.

86.7% of people living in Village speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Lithuanian, 1.1% Bengali, 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Portuguese, 0.7% French, 0.6% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.5% Yoruba, 0.5% Albanian, 0.5% Swahili/Kiswahili.

The religious make up of Village is 62.5% Christian, 21.6% No religion, 6.5% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 0.5% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 720 people did not state a religion. 20 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.8% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.1% are separated or divorced. There are 686 widowed people living in Village.

The top occupations listed by people in Village are Elementary 15.5%, Administrative and secretarial 14.5%, Elementary administration and service 13.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.4%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Professional 11.7%, Administrative 11.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.1%, Caring personal service 9.4%, Sales and customer service 9.2%.