Castle Demographics (Sunderland, England)

Castle is a ward in Sunderland of North East, England and includes areas of Sunderland Enterprise Park, Hylton Castle, Hylton Castle Estate, Castletown, Downhill, North Hylton, Sunrise Enterprise Park, Town End Farm, Southwick Industrial Estate, Sunderland Enterprise Park West, North Hylton Road Industrial Estate, Hylton Red House, Town End Farm Estate, Hylton Lane and Red House.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 10,968 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Castle is 40, while the median age is also 40.

97.3% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Wales, 0.1% India, 0.1% China, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% United States, 0.1% South Africa, 0.0% Iran.

99.3% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% African language, 0.1% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Castle is 68.5% Christian, 24.5% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 643 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.1% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 573 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Elementary 17.4%, Elementary administration and service 13.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.6%, Sales and customer service 13.3%, Skilled trades 13.3%, Administrative and secretarial 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.9%, Administrative 9.7%, Sales 9.7%, Caring personal service 8.6%.