Westwood Demographics (West Berkshire, England)

Westwood is a ward in West Berkshire of South East, England and includes areas of Armour and Tilehurst.

In the 2011 census the population of Westwood was 2,756 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Westwood is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

90.9% of people living in Westwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% South America.

98.2% of people living in Westwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Czech.

The religious make up of Westwood is 64.3% Christian, 24.8% No religion, 0.9% Hindu, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 232 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

60.8% of people are married, 9.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 17.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.1% are separated or divorced. There are 91 widowed people living in Westwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Westwood are Skilled trades 16.6%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Professional 14.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Administrative 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Caring personal service 8.1%, Sales 7.4%.