Offerton Demographics (Stockport, England)

Offerton is a ward in Stockport of North West, England and includes areas of Offerton Green, Bongs, Stockport Great Moor, Offerton Fold, Offerton Ind Est, Great Moor and Offerton.

In the 2011 census the population of Offerton was 13,720 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Offerton is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

93.7% of people living in Offerton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% China, 0.1% North Africa.

98.1% of people living in Offerton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Offerton is 66.4% Christian, 25.1% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist. 817 people did not state a religion. 52 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

47.7% of people are married, 11.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 842 widowed people living in Offerton.

The top occupations listed by people in Offerton are Professional 14.1%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Skilled trades 12.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Administrative 10.3%, Elementary 9.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.2%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%.