Lavender Fields Demographics (Merton, England)

Lavender Fields is a ward in Merton of London, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Lavender Fields was 10,273 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Lavender Fields is 33, while the median age is lower at 32.

52.6% of people living in Lavender Fields were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.1% Sri Lanka, 2.4% India, 2.0% Pakistan, 1.8% South Africa, 1.7% Ghana, 1.4% Jamaica, 1.4% South America, 1.2% Nigeria, 1.1% Ireland.

68.4% of people living in Lavender Fields speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.8% Polish, 6.4% Tamil, 1.6% Urdu, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.2% Bulgarian, 0.9% Bengali, 0.7% Spanish, 0.7% Gujarati, 0.6% Arabic.

The religious make up of Lavender Fields is 52.5% Christian, 18.6% No religion, 10.4% Muslim, 9.5% Hindu, 1.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 673 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.8% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.1% are separated or divorced. There are 479 widowed people living in Lavender Fields.

The top occupations listed by people in Lavender Fields are Professional 18.0%, Elementary 12.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Administrative 9.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.2%.