Longbridge Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Longbridge is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Faircross and Upney Lane Hospital.

In the 2011 census the population of Longbridge was 11,478 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Longbridge is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

65.8% of people living in Longbridge were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.4% Bangladesh, 4.7% Pakistan, 4.5% India, 1.7% Nigeria, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Ghana, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Scotland.

75.5% of people living in Longbridge speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.4% Bengali, 3.1% Urdu, 2.2% Panjabi, 2.0% Lithuanian, 1.1% Gujarati, 0.9% Romanian, 0.9% Polish, 0.5% French, 0.5% Tamil.

The religious make up of Longbridge is 42.2% Christian, 32.0% Muslim, 9.7% No religion, 5.0% Sikh, 4.2% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 656 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.1% of people are married, 5.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 375 widowed people living in Longbridge.

The top occupations listed by people in Longbridge are Professional 15.6%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Administrative 10.4%, Elementary 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.3%.