Cockfosters Demographics (Enfield, England)

Cockfosters is a ward in Enfield of London, England and includes areas of Oakwood, Southgate, Cockfosters, Ganwick Corner, Monken Hadley, Trent Park, Hadley Wood, Bentley Heath and Ferney Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Cockfosters was 13,788 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Cockfosters is 41, while the median age is lower at 40.

67.7% of people living in Cockfosters were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% India, 1.5% Ireland, 1.3% Kenya, 1.1% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Iran, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% North Africa, 0.5% South America.

83.0% of people living in Cockfosters speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Turkish, 2.7% Greek, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.1% Polish, 0.8% Bulgarian, 0.7% Persian/Farsi, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Albanian, 0.5% French.

The religious make up of Cockfosters is 50.0% Christian, 14.7% No religion, 10.0% Muslim, 9.1% Jewish, 4.9% Hindu, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,159 people did not state a religion. 27 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

48.6% of people are married, 6.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.7% are separated or divorced. There are 542 widowed people living in Cockfosters.

The top occupations listed by people in Cockfosters are Professional 22.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 17.3%, Associate professional and technical 14.9%, Administrative and secretarial 13.3%, Corporate managers and directors 10.5%, Business, media and public service professionals 9.6%, Administrative 8.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.6%, Skilled trades 7.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.5%.