Norbury Demographics (Croydon, England)

Norbury is a ward in Croydon of London, England and includes areas of Norbury, Streatham and Streatham Vale.

In the 2011 census the population of Norbury was 16,476 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Norbury is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

55.1% of people living in Norbury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.9% India, 4.2% Pakistan, 4.2% Jamaica, 2.1% Kenya, 1.8% South America, 1.5% Nigeria, 1.5% Ireland, 1.3% Ghana, 1.0% Sri Lanka.

76.6% of people living in Norbury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Polish, 3.3% Urdu, 2.9% Gujarati, 1.1% Portuguese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Tamil, 0.7% French, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Norbury is 51.7% Christian, 17.8% Muslim, 12.5% No religion, 7.7% Hindu, 0.9% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 1,262 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.9% of people are married, 7.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 737 widowed people living in Norbury.

The top occupations listed by people in Norbury are Professional 19.8%, Administrative and secretarial 14.5%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative 11.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.4%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Elementary 9.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.7%, Elementary administration and service 8.6%.