Holywell Demographics (Watford, England)

Holywell is a ward in Watford of East of England, England and includes areas of Nascot Wood, Cassio Bridge, Cassiobury, Callow Land, North Watford, Colney Butts, South Oxhey, West Watford, Watford Heath and Carpenders Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Holywell was 8,626 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Holywell is 34, while the median age is lower at 32.

66.7% of people living in Holywell were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.3% Pakistan, 3.3% India, 1.4% Sri Lanka, 1.3% Ireland, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Kenya, 0.7% South Africa.

80.4% of people living in Holywell speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Urdu, 2.4% Polish, 1.8% Portuguese, 1.2% Tamil, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Malayalam, 0.5% Romanian.

The religious make up of Holywell is 49.5% Christian, 19.0% Muslim, 18.4% No religion, 4.2% Hindu, 0.9% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, 0.4% Buddhist. 533 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.2% of people are married, 10.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.5% are separated or divorced. There are 427 widowed people living in Holywell.

The top occupations listed by people in Holywell are Professional 17.2%, Elementary 14.5%, Elementary administration and service 13.4%, Associate professional and technical 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Sales and customer service 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Skilled trades 9.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.3%, Administrative 8.1%.