Astley Bridge Demographics (Bolton, England)

Astley Bridge is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Sharples, Bank Top, Smithills Dean, Eagley, Horrocks Fold, Smithills, Halliwell Ind Est, Hall I' Th' Wood, Sweet Loves and Astley Bridge.

In the 2011 census the population of Astley Bridge was 13,807 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Astley Bridge is 40, while the median age is also 40.

91.3% of people living in Astley Bridge were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.2% Kenya, 0.2% Iran, 0.1% Somalia.

95.2% of people living in Astley Bridge speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Gujarati, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Urdu, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Somali, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Astley Bridge is 67.1% Christian, 17.2% No religion, 8.5% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 766 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

48.4% of people are married, 10.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 704 widowed people living in Astley Bridge.

The top occupations listed by people in Astley Bridge are Professional 17.2%, Associate professional and technical 14.0%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Skilled trades 11.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.4%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Administrative 9.2%, Elementary 8.7%, Sales 7.8%.