Broad Green Demographics (Croydon, England)

Broad Green is a ward in Croydon of London, England and includes areas of E Croydon and East Croydon.

In the 2011 census the population of Broad Green was 18,652 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Broad Green is 32, while the median age is lower at 31.

52.9% of people living in Broad Green were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.7% India, 5.7% Sri Lanka, 2.7% Pakistan, 2.7% Jamaica, 2.2% Ghana, 1.7% Nigeria, 1.0% South America, 1.0% Philippines, 0.8% Ireland.

70.1% of people living in Broad Green speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.5% Tamil, 2.8% Malayalam, 2.5% Urdu, 2.1% Polish, 1.7% Gujarati, 1.0% Portuguese, 1.0% French, 0.8% Akan, 0.7% Turkish.

The religious make up of Broad Green is 49.5% Christian, 15.2% Hindu, 13.9% Muslim, 13.2% No religion, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 1,230 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.1% of people are married, 7.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 36.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 935 widowed people living in Broad Green.

The top occupations listed by people in Broad Green are Professional 14.8%, Sales and customer service 13.8%, Elementary 13.6%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Elementary administration and service 12.4%, Sales 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.4%, Administrative 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.6%.