Bishop's Demographics (Lambeth, England)

Bishop's is a ward in Lambeth of London, England and includes areas of Southwark, Elephant & Castle, Lambeth and Waterloo.

In the 2011 census the population of Bishop's was 9,675 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Bishop's is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

54.0% of people living in Bishop's were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Philippines, 2.1% Hong Kong , 2.0% China, 2.0% South America, 1.7% Scotland, 1.6% Ireland, 1.6% Nigeria, 1.4% United States, 1.4% Australia.

78.0% of people living in Bishop's speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% All other Chinese, 2.1% Portuguese, 2.0% Spanish, 1.9% French, 1.6% Tagalog/Filipino, 1.3% Italian, 0.9% Cantonese Chinese, 0.7% Polish, 0.7% German.

The religious make up of Bishop's is 50.3% Christian, 28.4% No religion, 6.0% Muslim, 2.6% Buddhist, 1.4% Hindu, 0.6% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 870 people did not state a religion. 50 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

21.3% of people are married, 10.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 3.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 49.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 500 widowed people living in Bishop's.

The top occupations listed by people in Bishop's are Professional 30.9%, Associate professional and technical 18.4%, Business, media and public service professionals 14.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.3%, Elementary 10.0%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.8%, Elementary administration and service 9.7%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Corporate managers and directors 8.0%, Administrative 7.0%.