Bredbury and Woodley Demographics (Stockport, England)

Bredbury and Woodley is a ward in Stockport of North West, England and includes areas of Bredbury, Woodley, Bredbury Business Park, Pear Mill Ind Est, Alvanley Ind Est, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate and Crosland Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Bredbury and Woodley was 13,593 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bredbury and Woodley is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

95.3% of people living in Bredbury and Woodley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Iran, 0.1% Pakistan.

99.0% of people living in Bredbury and Woodley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% German, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Bredbury and Woodley is 66.5% Christian, 25.5% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu. 867 people did not state a religion. 46 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 10 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

48.1% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 798 widowed people living in Bredbury and Woodley.

The top occupations listed by people in Bredbury and Woodley are Skilled trades 13.7%, Administrative and secretarial 13.5%, Professional 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.0%, Administrative 10.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Elementary 8.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.9%.