Westwood Demographics (Coventry, England)

Westwood is a ward in Coventry of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Lime Tree Park, Pickford, Tile Hill, Westwood Heath, Westwood Business Park, Charter Avenue Industrial Estate and Kirby Corner.

In the 2011 census the population of Westwood was 18,537 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Westwood is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

82.6% of people living in Westwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% India, 1.6% Ireland, 1.5% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 1.1% China, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Kenya.

92.5% of people living in Westwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% All other Chinese, 1.0% Polish, 0.6% Panjabi, 0.3% Malay, 0.3% French, 0.3% German, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Westwood is 56.4% Christian, 28.9% No religion, 2.3% Muslim, 2.1% Sikh, 1.9% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,305 people did not state a religion. 52 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.8% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 990 widowed people living in Westwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Westwood are Professional 17.6%, Elementary 13.7%, Elementary administration and service 12.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Skilled trades 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Administrative 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.