Edgeley and Cheadle Heath Demographics (Stockport, England)

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath is a ward in Stockport of North West, England and includes areas of Chestergate, Avondale Ind Est, Edgeley, Europa Business Park, Cheadle Heath and Mackenzie Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath was 14,176 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

91.7% of people living in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Iran, 0.2% India, 0.2% China, 0.1% Philippines.

96.5% of people living in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.4% Urdu, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Edgeley and Cheadle Heath is 58.9% Christian, 30.8% No religion, 2.5% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 908 people did not state a religion. 43 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

38.0% of people are married, 15.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 870 widowed people living in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath.

The top occupations listed by people in Edgeley and Cheadle Heath are Professional 16.3%, Associate professional and technical 13.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.6%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Elementary 10.1%, Administrative 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Caring personal service 8.0%.