Ravensbury Demographics (Merton, England)

Ravensbury is a ward in Merton of London, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Ravensbury was 9,968 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Ravensbury is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

62.6% of people living in Ravensbury were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.9% Sri Lanka, 3.2% Pakistan, 1.9% India, 1.5% Ghana, 1.5% Ireland, 1.3% South Africa, 1.0% South America, 1.0% Jamaica, 0.9% Philippines.

76.7% of people living in Ravensbury speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Tamil, 3.6% Polish, 3.0% Urdu, 0.8% Gujarati, 0.7% Bulgarian, 0.7% Spanish, 0.7% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.5% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Ravensbury is 54.9% Christian, 18.3% No religion, 10.2% Muslim, 7.8% Hindu, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 663 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.8% of people are married, 9.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 458 widowed people living in Ravensbury.

The top occupations listed by people in Ravensbury are Professional 14.9%, Skilled trades 13.1%, Administrative and secretarial 13.0%, Elementary 12.2%, Elementary administration and service 11.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Administrative 9.6%, Sales 8.8%.