Lye Valley Demographics (Oxford, England)

Lye Valley is a ward in Oxford of South East, England and includes areas of Cowley, Oxford Business Park South, Oxford Business Park North, Old Headington and Slade Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Lye Valley was 7,372 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Lye Valley is 34, while the median age is lower at 30.

67.4% of people living in Lye Valley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.8% Pakistan, 2.1% India, 1.7% Ireland, 1.3% South America, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% Kenya, 0.6% Bangladesh.

79.7% of people living in Lye Valley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Polish, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.3% Urdu, 1.1% Panjabi, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.7% Slovak, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Pashto.

The religious make up of Lye Valley is 52.6% Christian, 24.3% No religion, 12.0% Muslim, 1.9% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 508 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.3% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.1% are separated or divorced. There are 291 widowed people living in Lye Valley.

The top occupations listed by people in Lye Valley are Professional 21.5%, Elementary 14.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Skilled trades 8.7%, Sales and customer service 8.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 7.7%.