Basford Demographics (Nottingham, England)

Basford is a ward in Nottingham of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Cinder Hill, Old Basford, Cinderhill, Whitemoor and Stockhill.

In the 2011 census the population of Basford was 16,207 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Basford is 36, while the median age is lower at 35.

85.0% of people living in Basford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% India, 1.6% Jamaica, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.3% Kenya.

93.1% of people living in Basford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.6% Urdu, 0.2% French, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Gujarati, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Shona.

The religious make up of Basford is 48.6% Christian, 35.7% No religion, 4.0% Muslim, 2.3% Sikh, 0.9% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 1,189 people did not state a religion. 61 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

34.5% of people are married, 15.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 992 widowed people living in Basford.

The top occupations listed by people in Basford are Elementary 15.2%, Professional 13.2%, Elementary administration and service 13.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Skilled trades 10.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.7%, Caring personal service 8.8%.