Spennymoor and Middlestone Demographics (County Durham, England)

Spennymoor and Middlestone is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Newtown, Whitworth, Binchester Moor, Bishops Hill, Page Bank, Byers Green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington, Mount Pleasant, Low Spennymoor, York Hill Estate, Tudhoe, Tudhoe Colliery, Greenways Estate, Tudhoe Village, Tudhoe Grange, The Copice, Tudhoe Park and Enterprise City.

In the 2011 census the population of Spennymoor and Middlestone was 9,648 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Spennymoor and Middlestone is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

96.8% of people living in Spennymoor and Middlestone were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.0% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% China, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Hong Kong .

99.5% of people living in Spennymoor and Middlestone speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Spennymoor and Middlestone is 75.2% Christian, 18.0% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Hindu. 562 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

50.6% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 548 widowed people living in Spennymoor and Middlestone.

The top occupations listed by people in Spennymoor and Middlestone are Skilled trades 13.5%, Professional 13.0%, Elementary 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.2%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.4%, Administrative 9.2%, Elementary administration and service 9.2%, Sales and customer service 8.6%.