Wordsley Demographics (Dudley, England)

Wordsley is a ward in Dudley of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Wordsley, Bells Mill, Ketley and Pensnett.

In the 2011 census the population of Wordsley was 12,582 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Wordsley is 42, while the median age is also 42.

97.2% of people living in Wordsley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Scotland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% Philippines, 0.0% South Africa, 0.0% Jamaica.

99.4% of people living in Wordsley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Urdu.

The religious make up of Wordsley is 71.3% Christian, 21.5% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 699 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

55.0% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.6% are separated or divorced. There are 531 widowed people living in Wordsley.

The top occupations listed by people in Wordsley are Skilled trades 14.6%, Professional 14.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Administrative 10.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.5%, Elementary 8.3%.