Oakley Demographics (Cheltenham, England)

Oakley is a ward in Cheltenham of South West, England and includes areas of Prestbury and Priors Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Oakley was 5,731 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Oakley is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

87.3% of people living in Oakley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.0% Wales, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% India, 0.9% Ireland, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% United States.

95.3% of people living in Oakley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Polish, 0.5% Malayalam, 0.4% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Manx Gaelic.

The religious make up of Oakley is 58.8% Christian, 31.6% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 420 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.5% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 368 widowed people living in Oakley.

The top occupations listed by people in Oakley are Elementary 18.1%, Elementary administration and service 15.3%, Professional 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.7%, Associate professional and technical 9.0%, Administrative 8.8%.