Plumstead Demographics (Greenwich, England)

Plumstead is a ward in Greenwich of London, England and includes areas of Plumstead and Woolwich.

In the 2011 census the population of Plumstead was 16,736 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Plumstead is 33, while the median age is lower at 32.

57.0% of people living in Plumstead were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.6% Nigeria, 3.6% India, 1.6% Jamaica, 1.5% Pakistan, 1.2% Sri Lanka, 1.0% Ghana, 1.0% Ireland, 1.0% Hong Kong , 0.7% Kenya.

72.0% of people living in Plumstead speak English. The other top languages spoken are 10.2% Nepalese, 2.5% Panjabi, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.3% Tamil, 1.0% Urdu, 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Lithuanian, 0.8% French, 0.8% Yoruba.

The religious make up of Plumstead is 47.2% Christian, 17.6% No religion, 11.5% Hindu, 8.6% Muslim, 3.9% Sikh, 3.6% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 1,156 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.5% of people are married, 8.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 761 widowed people living in Plumstead.

The top occupations listed by people in Plumstead are Elementary 20.4%, Elementary administration and service 17.7%, Professional 13.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.1%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.5%, Administrative 8.5%, Sales 8.5%.