Cheylesmore Demographics (Coventry, England)

Cheylesmore is a ward in Coventry of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Finham, Cheylesmore, Stivichall, Whitley and Middlemarch Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Cheylesmore was 15,860 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Cheylesmore is 41, while the median age is lower at 40.

78.7% of people living in Cheylesmore were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.5% India, 2.0% Scotland, 1.9% Ireland, 1.2% Wales, 0.7% Kenya, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.6% China, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Zimbabwe.

90.0% of people living in Cheylesmore speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Panjabi, 1.5% Polish, 1.0% Gujarati, 0.6% Bengali, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.6% Arabic, 0.3% Urdu, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Cheylesmore is 56.2% Christian, 22.1% No religion, 5.0% Sikh, 4.7% Hindu, 4.1% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,037 people did not state a religion. 35 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.2% of people are married, 9.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 893 widowed people living in Cheylesmore.

The top occupations listed by people in Cheylesmore are Professional 19.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Elementary 11.1%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Administrative 9.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.1%.