Belle Vale Demographics (Dudley, England)

Belle Vale is a ward in Dudley of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Short Cross and Hasbury.

In the 2011 census the population of Belle Vale was 13,484 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

92.6% of people living in Belle Vale were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Jamaica, 0.2% South Africa.

95.9% of people living in Belle Vale speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Arabic, 0.3% Urdu, 0.3% Kurdish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% African language, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Shona, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese.

The religious make up of Belle Vale is 62.6% Christian, 23.8% No religion, 5.6% Muslim, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 888 people did not state a religion. 31 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.2% of people are married, 12.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 781 widowed people living in Belle Vale.

The top occupations listed by people in Belle Vale are Professional 13.8%, Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Associate professional and technical 12.7%, Elementary 11.1%, Administrative 10.3%, Elementary administration and service 9.6%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.6%.