Castle Demographics (Newark and Sherwood, England)

Castle is a ward in Newark and Sherwood of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Kelham, Devon Bridge, Ramcroft, Appletongate, Farndon and Farndon Field.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 4,507 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Castle is 43, while the median age is also 43.

86.2% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.0% Ireland, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% South America, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

92.9% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Polish, 0.7% French, 0.7% Lithuanian, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% German, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Latvian.

The religious make up of Castle is 63.6% Christian, 27.1% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh. 329 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.2% of people are married, 13.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.3% are separated or divorced. There are 382 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Professional 13.9%, Elementary 13.3%, Skilled trades 12.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.6%, Associate professional and technical 11.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Administrative and secretarial 9.2%.