Castle Demographics (Hastings, England)

Castle is a ward in Hastings of South East, England and includes areas of Bohemia, Summer Fields, Blacklands, High Wickham, Clive Vale and Ore.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 6,987 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 36.

83.2% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% Wales, 0.7% Philippines, 0.5% Bangladesh, 0.5% India, 0.5% United States, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Iran.

91.8% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Polish, 0.5% Bengali, 0.4% Latvian, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Russian, 0.4% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Albanian, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.2% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Castle is 42.9% No religion, 41.9% Christian, 1.9% Muslim, 1.0% Buddhist, 0.5% Hindu, 0.2% Atheist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Sikh. 607 people did not state a religion. 56 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

22.7% of people are married, 16.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 16.9% are separated or divorced. There are 711 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Professional 13.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.2%, Elementary 12.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Skilled trades 11.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Caring personal service 9.7%.