Bixley Demographics (Ipswich, England)

Bixley is a ward in Ipswich of East of England, England and includes areas of Priory Heath, Purdis Farm, St. John's, Warren Heath and Bixley Heath.

In the 2011 census the population of Bixley was 7,055 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bixley is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

90.0% of people living in Bixley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% United States.

96.6% of people living in Bixley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% African language, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese.

The religious make up of Bixley is 65.3% Christian, 23.3% No religion, 1.7% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 503 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

58.3% of people are married, 7.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.1% are separated or divorced. There are 284 widowed people living in Bixley.

The top occupations listed by people in Bixley are Professional 21.1%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Associate professional and technical 12.6%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.1%, Administrative 9.5%, Elementary 9.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%, Elementary administration and service 8.3%, Sales and customer service 7.7%.