Balsham Demographics (South Cambridgeshire, England)

Balsham is a ward in South Cambridgeshire of East of England, England and includes areas of Balsham, Streetly End, Linton, West Wickham, Bartlow, Little Linton, Horseheath, Nosterfield End, Castle Camps, Hadstock and Shudy Camps.

In the 2011 census the population of Balsham was 4,682 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Balsham is 43, while the median age is higher at 46.

90.5% of people living in Balsham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% United States, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Australia.

98.6% of people living in Balsham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% German, 0.2% French, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Balsham is 60.5% Christian, 27.6% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 475 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

60.6% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.3% are separated or divorced. There are 150 widowed people living in Balsham.

The top occupations listed by people in Balsham are Professional 25.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 14.9%, Skilled trades 13.1%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Corporate managers and directors 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.1%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 8.1%, Elementary 7.4%, Administrative 7.3%.