Moorclose Demographics (Allerdale, England)

Moorclose is a ward in Allerdale of North West, England and includes areas of Clay Flatts Industrial Estate, Derwent Howe, Moss Bay, Moorclose and Derwent Howe Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Moorclose was 4,978 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Moorclose is 40, while the median age is also 40.

96.0% of people living in Moorclose were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.9% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% India, 0.0% South Africa.

99.5% of people living in Moorclose speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese.

The religious make up of Moorclose is 77.8% Christian, 15.6% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist. 285 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.2% of people are married, 11.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 354 widowed people living in Moorclose.

The top occupations listed by people in Moorclose are Elementary 17.3%, Sales and customer service 14.8%, Skilled trades 13.7%, Elementary administration and service 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.5%, Sales 13.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.6%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.6%, Caring personal service 9.6%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%.