Heysham North Demographics (Lancaster, England)

Heysham North is a ward in Lancaster of North West, England and includes areas of Sandylands and Heysham.

In the 2011 census the population of Heysham North was 5,274 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Heysham North is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

85.3% of people living in Heysham North were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.3% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.8% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Australia, 0.2% China, 0.2% India.

93.0% of people living in Heysham North speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% French, 0.1% German, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Heysham North is 63.1% Christian, 28.2% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 335 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.7% of people are married, 14.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.1% are separated or divorced. There are 440 widowed people living in Heysham North.

The top occupations listed by people in Heysham North are Elementary 18.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 15.1%, Elementary administration and service 14.5%, Skilled trades 12.9%, Caring personal service 12.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.2%, Sales and customer service 10.3%, Caring Personal Services 9.4%, Sales 9.2%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%.