Town Demographics (Calderdale, England)

Town is a ward in Calderdale of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Shibden, Caddy Field, Siddal, Southowram, Exley, Chevinedge, Stoney Royd, Blackledge, Ovenden, Holmfield, New Bank, Godley Bridge, Stumpcross, Boothtown, Haley Hill, Woodlands, Claremount, Pule Hill, Brunswick Industrial Estate, Blackwall and Wheatley.

In the 2011 census the population of Town was 12,169 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

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

90.6% of people living in Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% China, 0.1% Iran.

95.6% of people living in Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Polish, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Hindi.

The religious make up of Town is 58.0% Christian, 30.7% No religion, 1.5% Muslim, 1.0% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 880 people did not state a religion. 45 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.2% of people are married, 14.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.8% are separated or divorced. There are 970 widowed people living in Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Town are Skilled trades 13.5%, Elementary 12.6%, Professional 12.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Elementary administration and service 10.5%, Administrative 9.6%, Sales and customer service 9.3%.