Eccleshill Demographics (Bradford, England)

Eccleshill is a ward in Bradford of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Eccleshill, Idle, Thackley, Dudley Hill, Lower Fagley, Fagley, Upper Fagley, Undercliffe, Greengates, Cote Farm Estate, Idle Moor, West Royd, Five Lane Ends, Burnwells, Apperley Bridge, Thackley End, Haigh Fold, Thorpe Edge, Fourlands, Ravenscliffe and Simpson Green.

In the 2011 census the population of Eccleshill was 17,945 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Eccleshill is 36, while the median age is lower at 34.

90.5% of people living in Eccleshill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Pakistan, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Jamaica.

94.3% of people living in Eccleshill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.1% Polish, 1.0% Urdu, 0.9% Panjabi, 0.4% Bengali, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Pashto, 0.2% African language, 0.2% German, 0.1% Latvian.

The religious make up of Eccleshill is 55.0% Christian, 31.0% No religion, 7.0% Muslim, 0.5% Sikh, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Jewish. 973 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.8% of people are married, 14.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 1,035 widowed people living in Eccleshill.

The top occupations listed by people in Eccleshill are Elementary 15.2%, Skilled trades 13.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 12.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.4%, Administrative 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Associate professional and technical 9.5%.