Hitchin Oughton Demographics (North Hertfordshire, England)

Hitchin Oughton is a ward in North Hertfordshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Charlton and Oughton.

In the 2011 census the population of Hitchin Oughton was 5,085 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Hitchin Oughton is 38, while the median age is also 38.

85.3% of people living in Hitchin Oughton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.2% Jamaica, 1.2% Ireland, 1.0% India, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.5% South Africa, 0.3% China, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

95.0% of people living in Hitchin Oughton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.6% Bengali, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.2% German, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Hitchin Oughton is 53.0% Christian, 32.3% No religion, 2.8% Muslim, 2.1% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.6% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 379 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.1% of people are married, 11.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 319 widowed people living in Hitchin Oughton.

The top occupations listed by people in Hitchin Oughton are Professional 17.2%, Elementary 13.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.7%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.3%.