Brinnington and Central Demographics (Stockport, England)

Brinnington and Central is a ward in Stockport of North West, England and includes areas of Tiviot Dale, Heaton Norris, Shaw Heath, Waterloo Ind Park, Crown Royal Ind Park, Hillgate Business Centre, Brinnington, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Vernon Ind Est, Lancashire Hill, Portwood, Bamford Business Park, South Reddish and Acorn Business Centre.

In the 2011 census the population of Brinnington and Central was 14,999 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Brinnington and Central is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

90.2% of people living in Brinnington and Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.9% Ireland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% China, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Iran.

95.8% of people living in Brinnington and Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.6% Urdu, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Brinnington and Central is 55.5% Christian, 33.4% No religion, 2.7% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,023 people did not state a religion. 47 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 7 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

25.8% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 36.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 15.4% are separated or divorced. There are 1,374 widowed people living in Brinnington and Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Brinnington and Central are Elementary 18.0%, Elementary administration and service 15.8%, Sales and customer service 12.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Skilled trades 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Sales 9.2%, Caring personal service 9.1%, Professional 8.9%.