Valley Demographics (Stroud, England)

Valley is a ward in Stroud of South West, England and includes areas of Middle Leazes, Slade, Uplands, Gaineys Well, Beeches Green, Bath Place and Mount Pleasant.

In the 2011 census the population of Valley was 2,437 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Valley is 38, while the median age is higher at 39.

87.7% of people living in Valley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.5% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Australia, 0.2% India, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Jamaica.

97.0% of people living in Valley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.5% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Valley is 44.5% Christian, 40.7% No religion, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic. 233 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.9% of people are married, 17.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.3% are separated or divorced. There are 192 widowed people living in Valley.

The top occupations listed by people in Valley are Professional 19.3%, Skilled trades 15.4%, Associate professional and technical 14.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.8%, Caring personal service 9.6%, Elementary 8.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.6%, Administrative and secretarial 7.4%, Sales and customer service 6.8%.