South Lake Demographics (Wokingham, England)

South Lake is a ward in Wokingham of South East, England and includes areas of Woodley, Martin's Corner, Woodley Green and Wheeler's Green.

In the 2011 census the population of South Lake was 5,424 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in South Lake is 39, while the median age is also 39.

86.1% of people living in South Lake were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% India, 1.3% Wales, 1.2% Scotland, 1.1% Pakistan, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.3% Kenya.

95.0% of people living in South Lake speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Urdu, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.6% Polish, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% German, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of South Lake is 58.1% Christian, 27.9% No religion, 2.8% Muslim, 1.3% Sikh, 1.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 397 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

55.3% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.9% are separated or divorced. There are 221 widowed people living in South Lake.

The top occupations listed by people in South Lake are Professional 19.5%, Associate professional and technical 14.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.3%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Administrative 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.2%, Elementary 8.1%, Sales 8.0%.