New Brighton Demographics (Wirral, England)

New Brighton is a ward in Wirral of North West, England and includes areas of Vale Park.

In the 2011 census the population of New Brighton was 14,859 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in New Brighton is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

92.3% of people living in New Brighton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Wales, 1.3% Scotland, 0.8% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% United States, 0.1% China.

98.1% of people living in New Brighton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% German, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of New Brighton is 62.7% Christian, 27.5% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Atheist. 1,065 people did not state a religion. 71 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 8 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

37.0% of people are married, 12.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.3% are separated or divorced. There are 1,140 widowed people living in New Brighton.

The top occupations listed by people in New Brighton are Professional 17.8%, Administrative and secretarial 13.9%, Associate professional and technical 12.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Administrative 11.3%, Skilled trades 10.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.4%, Caring personal service 9.0%, Elementary 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.1%.