Cannock West Demographics (Cannock Chase, England)

Cannock West is a ward in Cannock Chase of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Four Crosses, Wedges Mills, Walkmill Bridge, Great, Hatherton, Stony Lea, Rumer Hill, Mill Green, Wedge's Mill and Hednesford.

In the 2011 census the population of Cannock West was 6,996 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Cannock West is 45, while the median age is higher at 46.

95.0% of people living in Cannock West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.4% India, 0.4% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% China, 0.0% Ghana.

98.8% of people living in Cannock West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Bengali.

The religious make up of Cannock West is 75.4% Christian, 17.2% No religion, 0.7% Sikh, 0.2% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist. 384 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

53.6% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 323 widowed people living in Cannock West.

The top occupations listed by people in Cannock West are Professional 15.4%, Skilled trades 13.4%, Administrative and secretarial 13.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 13.1%, Associate professional and technical 12.1%, Administrative 9.8%, Corporate managers and directors 9.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.7%.