St Matthew's Demographics (Walsall, England)

St Matthew's is a ward in Walsall of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Ryecroft, Maw Green, The Delves, New Mills, Bescot, Palfrey, Fullbrook, Pleck, Caldmore, Windmill and The Chuckery.

In the 2011 census the population of St Matthew's was 15,088 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in St Matthew's is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

76.2% of people living in St Matthew's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.9% Pakistan, 3.8% India, 2.3% Bangladesh, 1.0% Jamaica, 0.7% Wales, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Iran.

82.9% of people living in St Matthew's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Urdu, 2.7% Panjabi, 2.5% Bengali, 1.7% Polish, 0.9% Pakistani Pahari, 0.6% Persian/Farsi, 0.6% Kurdish, 0.6% Slovak, 0.5% Gujarati.

The religious make up of St Matthew's is 44.6% Christian, 20.4% Muslim, 19.0% No religion, 5.3% Sikh, 2.5% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,003 people did not state a religion. 36 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.2% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 802 widowed people living in St Matthew's.

The top occupations listed by people in St Matthew's are Professional 18.5%, Elementary 13.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Skilled trades 9.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%.