Town Close Demographics (Norwich, England)

Town Close is a ward in Norwich of East of England, England and includes areas of Heigham, Heigham Grove and Chapelfield Grove.

In the 2011 census the population of Town Close was 10,404 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Town Close is 40, while the median age is lower at 36.

83.3% of people living in Town Close were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.4% India, 1.0% Wales, 0.6% United States, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% China, 0.4% Philippines.

92.8% of people living in Town Close speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% French, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.3% Hindi, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Italian.

The religious make up of Town Close is 44.6% Christian, 40.4% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Agnostic. 969 people did not state a religion. 79 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

28.3% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 38.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.1% are separated or divorced. There are 810 widowed people living in Town Close.

The top occupations listed by people in Town Close are Professional 29.4%, Associate professional and technical 15.2%, Elementary 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Teaching and educational professionals 8.6%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 8.6%, Business and public service associate professionals 7.7%.