Popley West Demographics (Basingstoke and Deane, England)

Popley West is a ward in Basingstoke and Deane of South East, England and includes areas of Chineham Business Park, Rooksdown, Popley, Sherborne St. John, Vickers Business Centre, Eastrop, Old Basing, Beggarwood, Lychpit, Hampshire Int Business Park, Chineham, Daneshill Industrial Estate, Bilton Industrial Estate, Hampshire Business Park, Intec, Kingsland Industrial Estate, Viables, Hatch Warren, Lennox Industrial Mall, Brighton Hill, Brighton Hill Retail Park and Lister Road Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Popley West was 5,358 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Popley West is 33, while the median age is lower at 31.

80.0% of people living in Popley West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% India, 1.3% Scotland, 1.1% Wales, 0.9% Ireland, 0.8% Philippines, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe.

90.3% of people living in Popley West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Polish, 0.8% Malayalam, 0.6% Nepalese, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% Tamil, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Slovak.

The religious make up of Popley West is 53.5% Christian, 33.7% No religion, 1.8% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 382 people did not state a religion. 27 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.0% of people are married, 18.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 292 widowed people living in Popley West.

The top occupations listed by people in Popley West are Professional 17.7%, Associate professional and technical 14.6%, Elementary 13.4%, Elementary administration and service 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Skilled trades 9.5%, Administrative 8.5%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.3%.