Rumworth Demographics (Bolton, England)

Rumworth is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Kershaw Mills, Willows, Knutshaw Bridge, Morris Green Business Centre, Hunger Hill, Chequerbent, Wadsworth Industrial Park and Central Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Rumworth was 16,250 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Rumworth is 33, while the median age is lower at 30.

62.7% of people living in Rumworth were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 14.5% India, 4.9% Pakistan, 1.0% Somalia, 0.9% Kenya, 0.7% Iran, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Scotland.

65.8% of people living in Rumworth speak English. The other top languages spoken are 16.9% Gujarati, 3.0% Urdu, 2.0% Panjabi, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Somali, 1.1% Kurdish, 0.9% Arabic, 0.9% Pashto, 0.9% Persian/Farsi.

The religious make up of Rumworth is 51.8% Muslim, 28.3% Christian, 7.9% No religion, 6.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 841 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.6% of people are married, 6.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 817 widowed people living in Rumworth.

The top occupations listed by people in Rumworth are Elementary 17.0%, Sales and customer service 16.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.7%, Elementary administration and service 13.4%, Sales 12.9%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.8%, Professional 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Administrative and secretarial 9.3%, Skilled trades 8.8%.