Chorley North East Demographics (Chorley, England)

Chorley North East is a ward in Chorley of North West, England and includes areas of Bagganley and Apex Business Centre.

In the 2011 census the population of Chorley North East was 6,651 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Chorley North East is 40, while the median age is lower at 39.

92.2% of people living in Chorley North East were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.2% United States, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Pakistan.

97.4% of people living in Chorley North East speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.4% Bengali, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Chorley North East is 74.9% Christian, 17.5% No religion, 1.3% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 337 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.9% of people are married, 13.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.3% are separated or divorced. There are 436 widowed people living in Chorley North East.

The top occupations listed by people in Chorley North East are Elementary 14.0%, Professional 13.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.4%, Skilled trades 12.4%, Caring personal service 11.0%, Elementary administration and service 10.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%.