Lakenham Demographics (Norwich, England)

Lakenham is a ward in Norwich of East of England, England and includes areas of Old Lakenham, Trowse Millgate, Trowse Newton, Tuckswood, Eaton, Intwood, Keswick, Eaton Rise and Cringleford.

In the 2011 census the population of Lakenham was 9,326 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Lakenham is 40, while the median age is lower at 38.

88.6% of people living in Lakenham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% India, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

94.5% of people living in Lakenham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Hungarian, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% French, 0.2% Albanian.

The religious make up of Lakenham is 48.0% Christian, 39.7% No religion, 1.9% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 745 people did not state a religion. 33 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

35.2% of people are married, 15.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.1% are separated or divorced. There are 726 widowed people living in Lakenham.

The top occupations listed by people in Lakenham are Elementary 16.5%, Elementary administration and service 15.0%, Professional 13.5%, Sales and customer service 12.1%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Associate professional and technical 10.6%, Sales 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Caring personal service 8.5%.