Cannock South Demographics (Cannock Chase, England)

Cannock South is a ward in Cannock Chase of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Bridgtown, Wyrley Common, Hill Top, Norton East, Little Norton, Norton Green, Leacroft, Walkmill Bridge, Wedges Mills, Great, Rumer Hill, Mill Green, Wedge's Mill, Stony Lea, Four Crosses and Hatherton.

In the 2011 census the population of Cannock South was 7,673 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Cannock South is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

93.6% of people living in Cannock South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.2% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

97.5% of people living in Cannock South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Polish, 0.5% Cantonese Chinese, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Cannock South is 65.2% Christian, 27.8% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim. 443 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.2% of people are married, 15.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 499 widowed people living in Cannock South.

The top occupations listed by people in Cannock South are Skilled trades 15.7%, Elementary 15.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.8%, Professional 8.7%.