Vicarage Demographics (Watford, England)

Vicarage is a ward in Watford of East of England, England and includes areas of Tolpits, Carpenders Park, South Oxhey, Watford Business Park, West Watford, Watford Heath, Colney Butts, Cardiff Road Industrial Estate and Croxley Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Vicarage was 8,258 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Vicarage is 32, while the median age is lower at 31.

54.0% of people living in Vicarage were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 9.2% Pakistan, 4.1% India, 2.8% Sri Lanka, 2.7% Philippines, 1.7% Ireland, 1.5% Ghana, 0.9% Kenya, 0.9% Nigeria, 0.7% Scotland.

70.6% of people living in Vicarage speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Urdu, 3.8% Polish, 2.0% Tamil, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.8% Tagalog/Filipino, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% Malayalam, 1.0% Nepalese, 1.0% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Vicarage is 47.4% Christian, 23.5% Muslim, 15.1% No religion, 4.8% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.6% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish. 509 people did not state a religion. 31 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.2% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.6% are separated or divorced. There are 317 widowed people living in Vicarage.

The top occupations listed by people in Vicarage are Professional 19.3%, Elementary 15.7%, Elementary administration and service 14.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.2%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Skilled trades 9.2%, Caring personal service 8.9%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.2%.