Stretford Demographics (Trafford, England)

Stretford is a ward in Trafford of North West, England and includes areas of Gorse Hill, Stretford and Manor Farm Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Stretford was 11,172 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Stretford is 38, while the median age is also 38.

83.2% of people living in Stretford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.8% Ireland, 1.9% Pakistan, 1.3% India, 1.2% Scotland, 0.8% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Jamaica, 0.6% Wales, 0.3% North Africa, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

92.7% of people living in Stretford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Polish, 1.5% Urdu, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.4% Gujarati, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.1% German, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Stretford is 61.9% Christian, 20.1% No religion, 7.4% Muslim, 2.1% Sikh, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 746 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 8 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.7% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 707 widowed people living in Stretford.

The top occupations listed by people in Stretford are Professional 16.9%, Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Elementary 11.3%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Administrative 10.8%, Elementary administration and service 9.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.3%.