Chester-le-Street West Central Demographics (County Durham, England)

Chester-le-Street West Central is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of South Pelaw, Whitehill Park, Newfield and Pelton Fell.

In the 2011 census the population of Chester-le-Street West Central was 7,678 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Chester-le-Street West Central is 41, while the median age is also 41.

96.0% of people living in Chester-le-Street West Central were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% China, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

99.0% of people living in Chester-le-Street West Central speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Chester-le-Street West Central is 67.4% Christian, 24.9% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 471 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.1% of people are married, 12.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.8% are separated or divorced. There are 572 widowed people living in Chester-le-Street West Central.

The top occupations listed by people in Chester-le-Street West Central are Elementary 14.3%, Skilled trades 12.6%, Elementary administration and service 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Professional 11.4%, Sales and customer service 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 10.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.9%, Administrative 9.7%.