Mayesbrook Demographics (Barking and Dagenham, England)

Mayesbrook is a ward in Barking and Dagenham of London, England and includes areas of Porters, Mayesbrook Park and Burnside Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Mayesbrook was 10,342 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

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

74.3% of people living in Mayesbrook were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.7% Nigeria, 1.3% Ghana, 1.0% Pakistan, 1.0% Bangladesh, 1.0% India, 0.9% Ireland, 0.6% Philippines, 0.5% Jamaica, 0.4% Scotland.

85.3% of people living in Mayesbrook speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Lithuanian, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.1% Bengali, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% Romanian, 0.6% Albanian, 0.5% French, 0.5% Urdu, 0.4% Yoruba.

The religious make up of Mayesbrook is 59.3% Christian, 22.4% No religion, 8.2% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 778 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.9% of people are married, 10.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.9% are separated or divorced. There are 546 widowed people living in Mayesbrook.

The top occupations listed by people in Mayesbrook are Elementary 16.4%, Elementary administration and service 14.7%, Administrative and secretarial 13.7%, Skilled trades 13.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.7%, Professional 11.1%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Administrative 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.0%, Caring personal service 8.8%.