Chesfield Demographics (North Hertfordshire, England)

Chesfield is a ward in North Hertfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Ashbrook, Wymondley Bury, Weston, St. Ippollitts, Langley, Preston, Gosmore, Damask Green, Titmore Green, Great Wymondley, New England, Graveley, Poynders End, Little Almshoe, Almshoebury, Temple Dinsley, St. Ippolyts, Redcoats Green, Hall's Green, St. Ibbs, Little Wymondley and Ippollitts.

In the 2011 census the population of Chesfield was 7,346 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Chesfield is 33, while the median age is higher at 34.

85.3% of people living in Chesfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.1% India, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Nigeria, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Hong Kong .

95.4% of people living in Chesfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.5% All other Chinese, 0.3% French, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Gujarati, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Chesfield is 55.0% Christian, 32.4% No religion, 2.1% Hindu, 1.6% Muslim, 0.6% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Jewish. 489 people did not state a religion. 39 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.9% of people are married, 17.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.2% are separated or divorced. There are 276 widowed people living in Chesfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Chesfield are Professional 23.2%, Associate professional and technical 18.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.7%, Corporate managers and directors 10.0%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 9.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.9%, Administrative 8.6%, Sales and customer service 6.6%.