Bickenhill Demographics (Solihull, England)

Bickenhill is a ward in Solihull of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham Business Park, Coleshill Heath, Marston Green, Catherine-De-Barnes, Bradnocks Marsh, Hampton-In-Arden, Barston and Bickenhill.

In the 2011 census the population of Bickenhill was 12,456 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bickenhill is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

91.4% of people living in Bickenhill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Ireland, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Scotland, 0.8% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Jamaica, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.2% Kenya.

97.8% of people living in Bickenhill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Panjabi, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% French, 0.1% Bengali.

The religious make up of Bickenhill is 65.4% Christian, 23.5% No religion, 1.5% Sikh, 1.5% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 821 people did not state a religion. 27 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.3% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.5% are separated or divorced. There are 546 widowed people living in Bickenhill.

The top occupations listed by people in Bickenhill are Professional 17.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.1%, Skilled trades 10.8%, Elementary 10.1%, Administrative 10.0%, Corporate managers and directors 8.9%, Elementary administration and service 8.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.4%.