Hardwicke Demographics (Stroud, England)

Hardwicke is a ward in Stroud of South West, England and includes areas of Quedgeley, Elmore, Hardwicke, Farleys End, Waterwells Business Park, Kenton Green and Lower Rea.

In the 2011 census the population of Hardwicke was 4,783 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Hardwicke is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

89.7% of people living in Hardwicke were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Jamaica, 0.1% Hong Kong .

96.7% of people living in Hardwicke speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Polish, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Afrikaans.

The religious make up of Hardwicke is 66.0% Christian, 24.9% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu. 354 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

52.0% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.4% are separated or divorced. There are 206 widowed people living in Hardwicke.

The top occupations listed by people in Hardwicke are Administrative and secretarial 14.0%, Skilled trades 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 13.3%, Professional 13.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.0%, Administrative 10.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.5%, Elementary 9.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Corporate managers and directors 8.2%.