Barnard Castle East Demographics (County Durham, England)

Barnard Castle East is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Hilton, Cleatlam, South Cleatlam, Summerhouse, Winston, Wackerfield, Raby Castle, Staindrop, Piercebridge, Denton, Ingleton, Gainford, Headlam, Little Newsham, Killerby, Langton, Keverstone, Whorlton, Kinninvie, Streatlam, Harmire, Marwood, East Shaws, Harmire Road Industrial Estate, Harmire Enterprise Park, Stainton Grove Industrial Estate, Langleydale, High Force, Stainton, Westwick and Stainton Grove.

In the 2011 census the population of Barnard Castle East was 8,642 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Barnard Castle East is 45, while the median age is higher at 47.

92.9% of people living in Barnard Castle East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.7% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.2% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Australia.

99.0% of people living in Barnard Castle East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% German, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Barnard Castle East is 76.1% Christian, 16.1% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Jewish. 546 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

52.3% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 540 widowed people living in Barnard Castle East.

The top occupations listed by people in Barnard Castle East are Skilled trades 16.7%, Professional 16.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.9%, Elementary 11.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Elementary administration and service 8.2%, Caring personal service 7.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.5%.