Crookes Demographics (Sheffield, England)

Crookes is a ward in Sheffield of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Crookesmoor, Lydgate, Heavygate, Ranmoor, Carsick, Sandygate, Crookes, Steel Bank, Stephen Hill, Den Bank, Crosspool, Under Tofts and Clough Field.

In the 2011 census the population of Crookes was 17,700 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Crookes is 37, while the median age is lower at 31.

87.0% of people living in Crookes were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.9% India, 0.8% China, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% United States, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.2% Australia.

95.0% of people living in Crookes speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% All other Chinese, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% French, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Korean, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% German, 0.2% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Crookes is 49.9% Christian, 37.5% No religion, 2.2% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Agnostic. 1,275 people did not state a religion. 86 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.5% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 41.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 4.7% are separated or divorced. There are 561 widowed people living in Crookes.

The top occupations listed by people in Crookes are Professional 37.5%, Associate professional and technical 13.3%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 11.5%, Teaching and educational professionals 11.5%, Health professionals 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.7%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.5%, Administrative 8.4%, Elementary 8.2%, Elementary administration and service 7.8%.