Church Demographics (Bury, England)

Church is a ward in Bury of North West, England and includes areas of Lower Hinds, Warth Fold, Ramsbottom, Brooksbottoms, Nuttall and Carr.

In the 2011 census the population of Church was 10,345 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Church is 44, while the median age is higher at 46.

92.6% of people living in Church were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% Pakistan, 0.8% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.2% Iran, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Hong Kong .

97.5% of people living in Church speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Urdu, 0.3% Panjabi, 0.2% British sign language, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Pashto, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Church is 73.0% Christian, 16.4% No religion, 2.8% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.3% Jewish, 0.2% Buddhist. 620 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

54.6% of people are married, 8.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 536 widowed people living in Church.

The top occupations listed by people in Church are Professional 17.6%, Associate professional and technical 14.2%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.5%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Administrative 10.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Sales and customer service 8.7%, Corporate managers and directors 8.4%, Elementary 8.1%.