Castle Demographics (Carlisle, England)

Castle is a ward in Carlisle of North West, England and includes areas of Rickergate, The Lanes, Stoney Holme, Raven Nook, St. Cuthberts and Sands.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 5,854 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Castle is 37, while the median age is lower at 33.

80.8% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.0% Scotland, 1.0% Northern Ireland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Pakistan, 0.3% Bangladesh.

92.7% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.9% Polish, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.4% German, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Castle is 59.6% Christian, 29.0% No religion, 1.9% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 412 people did not state a religion. 33 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 7 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

27.2% of people are married, 13.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 39.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.1% are separated or divorced. There are 431 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Elementary 18.4%, Elementary administration and service 15.6%, Professional 13.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Skilled trades 9.9%, Sales 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 8.7%.