Shawbirch Demographics (Telford and Wrekin, England)

Shawbirch is a ward in Telford and Wrekin of West Midlands, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Shawbirch was 3,239 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Shawbirch is 36, while the median age is higher at 39.

90.9% of people living in Shawbirch were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Wales, 1.5% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

98.5% of people living in Shawbirch speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Czech, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Slovak.

The religious make up of Shawbirch is 67.6% Christian, 22.8% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 230 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

54.7% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.9% are separated or divorced. There are 155 widowed people living in Shawbirch.

The top occupations listed by people in Shawbirch are Professional 19.5%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Associate professional and technical 13.4%, Administrative 11.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.5%, Sales 7.8%, Corporate managers and directors 7.3%.