Poulton Demographics (Lancaster, England)

Poulton is a ward in Lancaster of North West, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Poulton was 7,623 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Poulton is 39, while the median age is also 39.

87.5% of people living in Poulton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.9% Scotland, 0.8% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% China, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% India, 0.2% Bangladesh.

94.8% of people living in Poulton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Polish, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Poulton is 64.4% Christian, 25.6% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Humanist. 561 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.8% of people are married, 13.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.4% are separated or divorced. There are 616 widowed people living in Poulton.

The top occupations listed by people in Poulton are Elementary 17.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 15.7%, Elementary administration and service 14.1%, Caring personal service 12.8%, Skilled trades 12.6%, Sales and customer service 11.4%, Sales 10.0%, Caring Personal Services 9.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%.