Cricket Green Demographics (Merton, England)

Cricket Green is a ward in Merton of London, England and includes areas of Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, Collier's Wood, Lower Mitcham and Streatham Vale.

In the 2011 census the population of Cricket Green was 11,474 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Cricket Green is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

59.2% of people living in Cricket Green were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.0% Sri Lanka, 3.5% Ghana, 2.2% Pakistan, 1.6% India, 1.5% Jamaica, 1.3% South America, 1.2% Nigeria, 1.2% Ireland, 1.1% Somalia.

74.2% of people living in Cricket Green speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Tamil, 4.1% Polish, 1.9% Urdu, 0.9% Somali, 0.9% Romanian, 0.9% Akan, 0.9% Portuguese, 0.7% French, 0.7% Spanish.

The religious make up of Cricket Green is 55.9% Christian, 17.7% No religion, 10.5% Muslim, 7.3% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh. 814 people did not state a religion. 26 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.5% of people are married, 8.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 33.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 696 widowed people living in Cricket Green.

The top occupations listed by people in Cricket Green are Elementary 14.9%, Professional 13.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.6%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Sales and customer service 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Sales 10.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%.