Bonington Demographics (Gedling, England)

Bonington is a ward in Gedling of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Arnold.

In the 2011 census the population of Bonington was 6,786 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Bonington is 40, while the median age is also 40.

91.9% of people living in Bonington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.6% Jamaica, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

97.7% of people living in Bonington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% French, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Bonington is 52.8% Christian, 36.0% No religion, 1.5% Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist. 489 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.7% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.4% are separated or divorced. There are 431 widowed people living in Bonington.

The top occupations listed by people in Bonington are Professional 15.0%, Administrative and secretarial 13.8%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Elementary 10.5%, Administrative 10.2%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.0%.