Hendon Demographics (Sunderland, England)

Hendon is a ward in Sunderland of North East, England and includes areas of Panns Bank, Hendon, South Dock, East End, Town Moor and Hendon Dock.

In the 2011 census the population of Hendon was 12,597 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Hendon is 37, while the median age is lower at 34.

87.9% of people living in Hendon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Bangladesh, 1.4% China, 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.4% Nigeria, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Iran, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Wales.

91.6% of people living in Hendon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Bengali, 1.5% All other Chinese, 0.9% Greek, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% Mandarin Chinese, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Urdu.

The religious make up of Hendon is 58.3% Christian, 28.0% No religion, 5.2% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.4% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 772 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

27.9% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 39.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.5% are separated or divorced. There are 952 widowed people living in Hendon.

The top occupations listed by people in Hendon are Elementary 18.0%, Elementary administration and service 15.5%, Sales and customer service 13.1%, Professional 12.8%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.2%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%, Sales 9.0%, Caring personal service 8.5%.