Stanley Demographics (County Durham, England)

Stanley is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Beamish, South Moor, Bloemfontein, Craghead, Burnside Estate, West Pelton, The Middles, Craghead Colliery Industrial Estate, Kip Hill, No Place, Shield Row and Urpeth.

In the 2011 census the population of Stanley was 9,053 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Stanley is 41, while the median age is also 41.

96.7% of people living in Stanley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Iran, 0.0% China, 0.0% Kenya.

99.4% of people living in Stanley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Stanley is 67.3% Christian, 25.5% No religion, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim. 559 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

41.6% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 613 widowed people living in Stanley.

The top occupations listed by people in Stanley are Elementary 14.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.2%, Skilled trades 12.8%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Sales 9.8%, Administrative 9.3%.