Bishop Auckland Town Demographics (County Durham, England)

Bishop Auckland Town is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Toronto, Escomb, Newton Cap, South Church, Woodhouse Close Estate, Henknowle Estate, South Church Enterprise Park, Cockton Hill, West Mill and South Church Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Bishop Auckland Town was 7,760 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Bishop Auckland Town is 44, while the median age is higher at 45.

95.6% of people living in Bishop Auckland Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.7% of people living in Bishop Auckland Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% German, 0.1% French, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Slovak.

The religious make up of Bishop Auckland Town is 75.9% Christian, 16.8% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Agnostic. 454 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.5% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 446 widowed people living in Bishop Auckland Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Bishop Auckland Town are Professional 16.3%, Administrative and secretarial 12.5%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Elementary 10.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.9%, Administrative 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.4%, Elementary administration and service 8.5%.