Thatcham West Demographics (West Berkshire, England)

Thatcham West is a ward in West Berkshire of South East, England and includes areas of Hart's Hill, Piper Industrial Estate, Benham Hill, Lower Henwick Farm, Henwick and Cold Ash.

In the 2011 census the population of Thatcham West was 6,390 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Thatcham West is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

90.2% of people living in Thatcham West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South America, 0.2% Australia.

97.1% of people living in Thatcham West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% African language, 0.1% French, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Czech.

The religious make up of Thatcham West is 63.5% Christian, 26.9% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish. 472 people did not state a religion. 24 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

52.0% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.0% are separated or divorced. There are 329 widowed people living in Thatcham West.

The top occupations listed by people in Thatcham West are Professional 13.7%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.6%, Associate professional and technical 11.8%, Elementary 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Administrative 9.4%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.9%.