Colliers Wood Demographics (Merton, England)

Colliers Wood is a ward in Merton of London, England and includes areas of Wimbledon, Merton and Colliers Wood.

In the 2011 census the population of Colliers Wood was 10,712 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Colliers Wood is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

50.2% of people living in Colliers Wood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.0% Sri Lanka, 3.8% South Africa, 3.0% India, 2.9% Pakistan, 1.8% South America, 1.6% Ireland, 1.6% Jamaica, 1.2% Scotland, 1.0% Australia.

71.6% of people living in Colliers Wood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.6% Polish, 3.7% Tamil, 2.5% Urdu, 1.3% Portuguese, 0.9% Bulgarian, 0.8% French, 0.8% Bengali, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Colliers Wood is 49.9% Christian, 22.2% No religion, 11.2% Muslim, 7.3% Hindu, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 745 people did not state a religion. 50 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

34.1% of people are married, 15.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 459 widowed people living in Colliers Wood.

The top occupations listed by people in Colliers Wood are Professional 24.0%, Associate professional and technical 15.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0%, Skilled trades 9.7%, Elementary 9.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.6%, Administrative 8.4%, Sales and customer service 8.3%.