East Barnet Demographics (Barnet, England)

East Barnet is a ward in Barnet of London, England and includes areas of East Barnet, New Barnet and Cockfosters.

In the 2011 census the population of East Barnet was 16,137 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

74.6% of people living in East Barnet were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Ireland, 1.4% India, 1.3% Iran, 0.9% Kenya, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% South Africa.

88.0% of people living in East Barnet speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 1.1% Greek, 1.0% Persian/Farsi, 1.0% Turkish, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% French, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of East Barnet is 54.3% Christian, 20.0% No religion, 6.1% Muslim, 5.3% Jewish, 3.6% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,304 people did not state a religion. 50 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.3% of people are married, 9.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 848 widowed people living in East Barnet.

The top occupations listed by people in East Barnet are Professional 23.4%, Associate professional and technical 15.6%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.1%, Skilled trades 9.5%, Administrative 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.3%, Corporate managers and directors 7.8%, Business, media and public service professionals 7.4%.