Boleyn Demographics (Newham, England)

Boleyn is a ward in Newham of London, England and includes areas of East Ham.

In the 2011 census the population of Boleyn was 15,982 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Boleyn is 31, while the median age is lower at 29.

44.5% of people living in Boleyn were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 10.2% India, 8.7% Pakistan, 8.2% Bangladesh, 2.4% Philippines, 2.3% Sri Lanka, 1.5% Somalia, 1.5% Nigeria, 1.1% Ghana, 1.0% South America.

55.8% of people living in Boleyn speak English. The other top languages spoken are 8.9% Bengali, 6.8% Urdu, 3.6% Gujarati, 2.5% Tamil, 2.0% Panjabi, 1.9% Malayalam, 1.8% Polish, 1.8% Tagalog/Filipino, 1.6% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Boleyn is 40.5% Muslim, 34.6% Christian, 10.2% Hindu, 5.9% No religion, 2.1% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 888 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.7% of people are married, 5.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 36.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.6% are separated or divorced. There are 569 widowed people living in Boleyn.

The top occupations listed by people in Boleyn are Elementary 19.0%, Elementary administration and service 17.2%, Sales and customer service 15.1%, Professional 13.3%, Sales 12.5%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.7%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Associate professional and technical 8.2%.