Old Duston Demographics (Northampton, England)

Old Duston is a ward in Northampton of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Alsace Park, Duston, Upton, Ryelands, New Duston, St Giles Park and Harlestone Heath.

In the 2011 census the population of Old Duston was 7,301 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Old Duston is 45, while the median age is higher at 46.

87.3% of people living in Old Duston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Scotland, 1.4% Ireland, 0.8% Wales, 0.7% India, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% South Africa.

95.1% of people living in Old Duston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Polish, 0.3% Romanian, 0.3% Gujarati, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Italian, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of Old Duston is 66.4% Christian, 22.9% No religion, 1.0% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.9% Sikh, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 493 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

50.0% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.6% are separated or divorced. There are 417 widowed people living in Old Duston.

The top occupations listed by people in Old Duston are Administrative and secretarial 14.4%, Skilled trades 13.0%, Professional 12.5%, Elementary 12.3%, Administrative 11.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Elementary administration and service 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.