Norwood Demographics (Sefton, England)

Norwood is a ward in Sefton of North West, England and includes areas of Crowland Street Ind Est, Canning Road Ind Est, Crowland Ind Est, High Park, Cobden Road Ind Est, Wakefield, Old Hall Farm Business Park, St. Lukes, Highpark, A.K. Business Park, Churchtown, Land Houses, Meals Cap, Meols Cop and Blowick.

In the 2011 census the population of Norwood was 14,852 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Norwood is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

92.2% of people living in Norwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.1% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

97.3% of people living in Norwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Latvian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Norwood is 67.7% Christian, 23.6% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Sikh. 979 people did not state a religion. 52 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.8% of people are married, 12.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 946 widowed people living in Norwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Norwood are Professional 15.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Elementary 12.3%, Caring personal service 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 10.7%, Elementary administration and service 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 9.7%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.3%.