Wickham Demographics (Winchester, England)

Wickham is a ward in Winchester of South East, England and includes areas of Funtley, Wickham, Knowle, Mislingford, Wickham Common, Crockerhill, Rookesbury Park, Kingsmead, Tapnage, Fareham Common and Meon Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Wickham was 4,299 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Wickham is 40, while the median age is also 40.

89.7% of people living in Wickham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% India, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Australia, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

98.1% of people living in Wickham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.3% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Yoruba, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Wickham is 61.6% Christian, 28.2% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 353 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.8% of people are married, 15.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.3% are separated or divorced. There are 240 widowed people living in Wickham.

The top occupations listed by people in Wickham are Professional 20.6%, Associate professional and technical 16.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.5%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Corporate managers and directors 9.8%, Administrative 8.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.4%, Elementary 7.6%.