Grove Green Demographics (Waltham Forest, England)

Grove Green is a ward in Waltham Forest of London, England and includes areas of Leyton.

In the 2011 census the population of Grove Green was 14,604 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Grove Green is 33, while the median age is lower at 31.

45.5% of people living in Grove Green were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.1% Pakistan, 2.5% India, 2.2% Bangladesh, 1.6% Jamaica, 1.6% Ireland, 1.4% South Africa, 1.4% Ghana, 1.2% South America, 1.1% North Africa.

62.2% of people living in Grove Green speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Polish, 4.1% Urdu, 3.2% Romanian, 2.7% Lithuanian, 1.9% Bengali, 1.5% Panjabi, 1.4% French, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Grove Green is 45.5% Christian, 24.8% Muslim, 16.5% No religion, 2.5% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 0.9% Sikh, 0.4% Jewish, 0.2% Agnostic. 1,056 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

33.8% of people are married, 11.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 2.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 37.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.5% are separated or divorced. There are 628 widowed people living in Grove Green.

The top occupations listed by people in Grove Green are Professional 17.7%, Elementary 17.0%, Elementary administration and service 15.2%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Skilled trades 11.6%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Sales and customer service 8.7%, Administrative 8.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.9%.