Palfrey Demographics (Walsall, England)

Palfrey is a ward in Walsall of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Delves, Yew Tree and Yew Tree Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Palfrey was 16,532 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Palfrey is 33, while the median age is lower at 30.

71.1% of people living in Palfrey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.1% Pakistan, 7.5% India, 5.0% Bangladesh, 0.6% Jamaica, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Kenya, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Hong Kong .

73.8% of people living in Palfrey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.9% Bengali, 5.4% Urdu, 4.6% Panjabi, 4.0% Gujarati, 1.3% Pakistani Pahari, 1.1% Polish, 0.5% Persian/Farsi, 0.4% Slovak, 0.3% Pashto.

The religious make up of Palfrey is 39.6% Muslim, 31.3% Christian, 10.1% No religion, 7.3% Sikh, 4.6% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 1,005 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.0% of people are married, 7.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.6% are separated or divorced. There are 590 widowed people living in Palfrey.

The top occupations listed by people in Palfrey are Elementary 17.0%, Elementary administration and service 13.8%, Professional 12.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.6%, Sales and customer service 11.9%, Skilled trades 11.4%, Sales 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.7%.