Birley Demographics (Sheffield, England)

Birley is a ward in Sheffield of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Hackenthorpe, Charnock Hall, Frecheville, Birley Spa, Ridgeway Moor, Basegreen, Whitelane End, Ridgeway, Charnock, Birley, Highlane and Birleyhay.

In the 2011 census the population of Birley was 16,943 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Birley is 42, while the median age is also 42.

96.0% of people living in Birley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.6% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa.

98.6% of people living in Birley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Birley is 62.3% Christian, 29.5% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 1,124 people did not state a religion. 35 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.3% of people are married, 12.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.3% are separated or divorced. There are 876 widowed people living in Birley.

The top occupations listed by people in Birley are Skilled trades 15.4%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Elementary 12.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Professional 10.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Administrative 10.0%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%.