Castle Demographics (Purbeck, England)

Castle is a ward in Purbeck of South West, England and includes areas of East Creech.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle was 1,780 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Castle is 49, while the median age is higher at 52.

92.2% of people living in Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Wales, 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% United States, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South America, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.8% of people living in Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Slovak, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% French, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Any Sign Communication System, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Castle is 65.4% Christian, 24.6% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 164 people did not state a religion.

54.9% of people are married, 9.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.3% are separated or divorced. There are 84 widowed people living in Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Castle are Skilled trades 18.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 16.5%, Professional 14.8%, Elementary 12.5%, Associate professional and technical 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Other managers and proprietors 8.8%, Administrative and secretarial 8.8%, Corporate managers and directors 7.7%.