Ferryhill Demographics (County Durham, England)

Ferryhill is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of East Howle and Dean Bank.

In the 2011 census the population of Ferryhill was 8,942 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Ferryhill is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

96.6% of people living in Ferryhill were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.0% United States, 0.0% Philippines.

99.3% of people living in Ferryhill speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Bengali.

The religious make up of Ferryhill is 73.6% Christian, 20.3% No religion, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh. 467 people did not state a religion. 12 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.7% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 624 widowed people living in Ferryhill.

The top occupations listed by people in Ferryhill are Elementary 15.4%, Skilled trades 15.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Administrative and secretarial 11.3%, Elementary administration and service 10.7%, Caring personal service 9.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.2%, Administrative 9.0%, Sales and customer service 8.6%.