Brandwood Demographics (Birmingham, England)

Brandwood is a ward in Birmingham of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Kings Heath, Moseley, Lifford, Maypole, Walkers Heath, Kings Norton and Stirchley.

In the 2011 census the population of Brandwood was 25,708 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Brandwood is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

85.8% of people living in Brandwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Ireland, 1.4% Pakistan, 1.3% India, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Jamaica, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Somalia, 0.3% China.

94.7% of people living in Brandwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Urdu, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.3% Gujarati, 0.3% Somali, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Brandwood is 56.4% Christian, 24.8% No religion, 7.5% Muslim, 1.9% Sikh, 1.5% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,706 people did not state a religion. 64 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.9% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 1,409 widowed people living in Brandwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Brandwood are Professional 21.1%, Associate professional and technical 12.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Elementary 9.8%, Caring personal service 9.2%, Administrative 8.8%, Elementary administration and service 8.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.6%.