Higham Hill Demographics (Waltham Forest, England)

Higham Hill is a ward in Waltham Forest of London, England and includes areas of Walthamstow.

In the 2011 census the population of Higham Hill was 13,194 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Higham Hill is 33, while the median age is lower at 31.

58.4% of people living in Higham Hill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 4.5% Pakistan, 2.0% Jamaica, 2.0% Sri Lanka, 1.3% Ghana, 1.3% Somalia, 1.3% Nigeria, 1.2% North Africa, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% Ireland.

71.4% of people living in Higham Hill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Polish, 2.9% Urdu, 2.0% Romanian, 2.0% Tamil, 2.0% Turkish, 1.4% Lithuanian, 1.3% Somali, 1.2% Bulgarian, 1.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of Higham Hill is 49.8% Christian, 21.8% Muslim, 15.8% No religion, 3.6% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 935 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.1% of people are married, 9.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 36.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.8% are separated or divorced. There are 745 widowed people living in Higham Hill.

The top occupations listed by people in Higham Hill are Professional 15.0%, Elementary 14.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.6%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Sales 8.5%, Administrative 8.1%.