Brooklands Demographics (Manchester, England)

Brooklands is a ward in Manchester of North West, England and includes areas of The Oaks Business Park, Baxter Park, Rackhouse, Northern Moor, Newall Green, Roundthorn, Royal Oak, Wythenshawe, Mill Brook Ind Est, Millbrook Business Centre, Roundthorn Industrial Estate, Roundthorn Ind Est and Southmoor Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Brooklands was 14,362 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Brooklands is 38, while the median age is lower at 36.

85.2% of people living in Brooklands were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 1.2% India, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.7% Iran, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% China, 0.3% Hong Kong .

93.1% of people living in Brooklands speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Polish, 0.6% Persian/Farsi, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Urdu, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% French.

The religious make up of Brooklands is 62.7% Christian, 24.5% No religion, 3.6% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.4% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh. 942 people did not state a religion. 46 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

35.9% of people are married, 15.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.0% are separated or divorced. There are 971 widowed people living in Brooklands.

The top occupations listed by people in Brooklands are Professional 15.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Elementary 11.3%, Sales and customer service 11.2%, Elementary administration and service 10.6%, Skilled trades 9.6%, Administrative 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.5%.