Little Ilford Demographics (Newham, England)

Little Ilford is a ward in Newham of London, England and includes areas of Manor Park and Little Ilford.

In the 2011 census the population of Little Ilford was 16,633 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Little Ilford is 30, while the median age is lower at 28.

44.9% of people living in Little Ilford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 10.1% Bangladesh, 8.6% India, 7.7% Pakistan, 2.2% Sri Lanka, 2.1% Nigeria, 1.9% Somalia, 1.3% Jamaica, 1.2% Ghana, 1.0% South America.

54.0% of people living in Little Ilford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 11.7% Bengali, 6.6% Urdu, 3.1% Panjabi, 3.1% Tamil, 2.7% Gujarati, 1.6% Somali, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.3% Lithuanian, 1.1% Polish.

The religious make up of Little Ilford is 44.8% Muslim, 31.4% Christian, 7.8% Hindu, 4.8% No religion, 3.9% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,047 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.2% of people are married, 4.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 37.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 612 widowed people living in Little Ilford.

The top occupations listed by people in Little Ilford are Elementary 19.7%, Elementary administration and service 18.0%, Sales and customer service 14.7%, Professional 11.9%, Sales 11.6%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%.