Church Demographics (Hyndburn, England)

Church is a ward in Hyndburn of North West, England and includes areas of Oswaldtwistle, Church, Clayton Le Moors and West End Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Church was 4,714 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Church is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

84.9% of people living in Church were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.0% Pakistan, 1.7% Scotland, 1.3% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% China, 0.1% Philippines, 0.1% South Africa.

88.1% of people living in Church speak English. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Panjabi, 3.2% Polish, 2.2% Urdu, 0.6% Pakistani Pahari, 0.2% Scots, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Pashto, 0.1% Lithuanian.

The religious make up of Church is 57.7% Christian, 18.4% Muslim, 18.1% No religion, 0.1% Hindu. 246 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.2% of people are married, 13.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.6% are separated or divorced. There are 335 widowed people living in Church.

The top occupations listed by people in Church are Process, plant and machine operatives 16.9%, Skilled trades 15.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.9%, Elementary 13.4%, Caring personal service 12.4%, Sales and customer service 10.9%, Elementary administration and service 10.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.2%, Sales 9.4%, Administrative and secretarial 8.2%.