West Hendon Demographics (Barnet, England)

West Hendon is a ward in Barnet of London, England and includes areas of Kingsbury Green, West Hendon, The Hyde, Hendon, Colindale, Kingsbury, Brent Cross, Grahame Park, Grahame Park Estate, Roe Green and Roe Green Village.

In the 2011 census the population of West Hendon was 17,402 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in West Hendon is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

45.3% of people living in West Hendon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.8% India, 2.4% Kenya, 1.9% Iran, 1.8% Pakistan, 1.7% Ireland, 1.6% China, 1.3% Sri Lanka, 1.2% Nigeria, 1.2% Philippines.

62.0% of people living in West Hendon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.1% Polish, 4.9% Gujarati, 2.3% Persian/Farsi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.8% Romanian, 1.5% All other Chinese, 1.5% Arabic, 1.4% Pashto, 1.2% Hungarian.

The religious make up of West Hendon is 36.4% Christian, 17.1% Muslim, 14.1% Jewish, 11.2% No religion, 11.0% Hindu, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh. 1,235 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.4% of people are married, 6.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 743 widowed people living in West Hendon.

The top occupations listed by people in West Hendon are Professional 19.1%, Elementary 12.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 11.2%, Administrative and secretarial 10.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.2%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Sales 8.4%.