Castle Demographics (Lancaster, England)

Castle is a ward in Lancaster of North West, England and includes areas of Marsh, Abraham Heights, Lune Ind Est and Aldcliffe.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 7,250 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Castle is 37, while the median age is lower at 35.

86.5% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Scotland, 1.4% India, 1.0% Northern Ireland, 1.0% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% China, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.3% Pakistan.

95.1% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Gujarati, 0.7% Polish, 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.3% German, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Urdu, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% French, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Castle is 54.9% Christian, 31.3% No religion, 3.6% Muslim, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 519 people did not state a religion. 51 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.2% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 34.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 421 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Professional 27.0%, Associate professional and technical 12.0%, Elementary 11.6%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 11.3%, Teaching and educational professionals 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Sales and customer service 8.5%, Skilled trades 8.3%.