Milnthorpe Demographics (South Lakeland, England)

Milnthorpe is a ward in South Lakeland of North West, England and includes areas of Slack Head, Whassett, Carr Bank, Hincaster, Leasgill, Sandside, Hale, Ackenthwaite, Heversham, Preston Patrick, Storth, Beetham, Hazelslack, Crooklands, Bridge End Business Park, Haverbrack and Woodhouse.

In the 2011 census the population of Milnthorpe was 2,199 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Milnthorpe is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

91.8% of people living in Milnthorpe were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.4% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% India.

97.0% of people living in Milnthorpe speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% German, 0.4% Cantonese Chinese, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% French, 0.1% Polish.

The religious make up of Milnthorpe is 68.6% Christian, 23.3% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish. 152 people did not state a religion. 4 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

51.0% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 136 widowed people living in Milnthorpe.

The top occupations listed by people in Milnthorpe are Skilled trades 19.2%, Elementary 13.3%, Professional 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.8%, Sales and customer service 9.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.4%, Skilled construction and building trades 8.9%, Sales 8.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.4%.