East Finchley Demographics (Barnet, England)

East Finchley is a ward in Barnet of London, England and includes areas of Finchley and East Finchley.

In the 2011 census the population of East Finchley was 15,989 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in East Finchley is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

62.9% of people living in East Finchley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% Ireland, 2.1% India, 1.4% Scotland, 1.3% South Africa, 1.2% South America, 1.2% Iran, 0.9% Somalia, 0.9% United States, 0.9% Kenya.

81.2% of people living in East Finchley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Polish, 1.8% Gujarati, 0.9% Greek, 0.9% Spanish, 0.9% Persian/Farsi, 0.8% French, 0.8% Portuguese, 0.7% Somali, 0.7% Turkish.

The religious make up of East Finchley is 41.2% Christian, 26.4% No religion, 8.8% Jewish, 7.4% Muslim, 4.2% Hindu, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Atheist. 1,478 people did not state a religion. 65 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.2% of people are married, 11.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 2.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 859 widowed people living in East Finchley.

The top occupations listed by people in East Finchley are Professional 29.7%, Associate professional and technical 20.2%, Business, media and public service professionals 12.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.5%, Corporate managers and directors 8.2%, Culture, media and sports 7.0%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 6.9%, Teaching and educational professionals 6.9%.