Longford Demographics (Coventry, England)

Longford is a ward in Coventry of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Bell Green, Hall Green, Courthouse Green, Blackburn Road Industrial Estate, Gallagher Business Park, Longford, Woodshire's Green, Aldermans Green, Hawkesbury, Henley Green, Wagon Overthrow, Little Bayton and Wood End.

In the 2011 census the population of Longford was 18,538 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Longford is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

79.5% of people living in Longford were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.8% India, 1.7% Ireland, 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Kenya, 0.6% Northern Ireland.

88.4% of people living in Longford speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Panjabi, 2.2% Polish, 0.9% Tamil, 0.6% Urdu, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Gujarati, 0.3% French, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious make up of Longford is 53.1% Christian, 23.9% No religion, 8.2% Sikh, 4.4% Muslim, 2.9% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 1,218 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

38.5% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 1,185 widowed people living in Longford.

The top occupations listed by people in Longford are Elementary 18.9%, Elementary administration and service 16.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.2%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Sales and customer service 10.7%, Professional 9.8%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Caring personal service 8.8%.