Kearsley Demographics (Bolton, England)

Kearsley is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Farnworth, Kearsley, Sunset Business Centre, Clammerclough, Lyon Road Ind Est, Fishbrook Ind Est, Stoneclough, Worsley Road Ind Est, Century Mill Ind Est, Dixon Green, Stone Hill Ind Est, New Bury, Dale Street Ind Est, Deans, Lightbourne Green, Black Lane, Ringley, Coney Green, Three Arrows, Chapelfield, Radcliffe, Europa Trading Estate, Three Arrow, Lower Heaps, Outwood, Bottom O'th Fields and Prestolee.

In the 2011 census the population of Kearsley was 14,212 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Kearsley is 38, while the median age is also 38.

94.2% of people living in Kearsley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% China, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Kenya.

98.0% of people living in Kearsley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% French, 0.1% Kurdish, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Kearsley is 73.1% Christian, 19.2% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist. 728 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.2% of people are married, 14.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.0% are separated or divorced. There are 836 widowed people living in Kearsley.

The top occupations listed by people in Kearsley are Skilled trades 14.1%, Administrative and secretarial 12.9%, Professional 12.0%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Elementary 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Administrative 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.6%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%.