Lewsey Demographics (Luton, England)

Lewsey is a ward in Luton of East of England, England and includes areas of Lewsey Farm, Tophill Estate and Tophill.

In the 2011 census the population of Lewsey was 12,519 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Lewsey is 36, while the median age is lower at 35.

73.1% of people living in Lewsey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.4% Pakistan, 2.3% Ireland, 2.0% Philippines, 2.0% India, 1.8% Jamaica, 1.7% Bangladesh, 1.1% Scotland, 1.0% Nigeria, 0.7% Zimbabwe.

86.7% of people living in Lewsey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Polish, 2.0% Urdu, 1.8% Bengali, 1.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 1.1% Gujarati, 0.5% Tamil, 0.5% Panjabi, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious make up of Lewsey is 56.5% Christian, 19.6% No religion, 12.5% Muslim, 3.6% Hindu, 0.4% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 805 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.6% of people are married, 9.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.1% are separated or divorced. There are 783 widowed people living in Lewsey.

The top occupations listed by people in Lewsey are Elementary 16.9%, Elementary administration and service 15.2%, Professional 12.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Skilled trades 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Caring personal service 9.5%, Sales and customer service 9.2%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%.