Ashburton Demographics (Croydon, England)

Ashburton is a ward in Croydon of London, England and includes areas of Monks Orchard.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashburton was 14,721 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Ashburton is 38, while the median age is also 38.

76.3% of people living in Ashburton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% India, 2.0% Jamaica, 1.3% Ireland, 1.1% Ghana, 1.0% Sri Lanka, 1.0% Nigeria, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.7% Kenya, 0.6% Scotland.

90.3% of people living in Ashburton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Tamil, 0.9% Polish, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.6% Turkish, 0.5% French, 0.5% Urdu, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Bengali.

The religious make up of Ashburton is 61.0% Christian, 20.2% No religion, 5.6% Muslim, 4.3% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,032 people did not state a religion. 37 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

43.6% of people are married, 7.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 740 widowed people living in Ashburton.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashburton are Professional 17.6%, Administrative and secretarial 16.7%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative 12.5%, Skilled trades 11.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Elementary 8.0%, Elementary administration and service 7.4%.