Woodhouse Close Demographics (County Durham, England)

Woodhouse Close is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of West Mill, South Church, Cockton Hill, Woodhouse Close Estate, South Church Enterprise Park, Henknowle Estate and South Church Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Woodhouse Close was 8,516 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Woodhouse Close is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

96.2% of people living in Woodhouse Close were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% United States, 0.0% Sri Lanka, 0.0% Kenya.

98.9% of people living in Woodhouse Close speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.1% Slovak.

The religious make up of Woodhouse Close is 74.2% Christian, 19.0% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist. 497 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

41.4% of people are married, 11.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 544 widowed people living in Woodhouse Close.

The top occupations listed by people in Woodhouse Close are Elementary 17.0%, Skilled trades 14.5%, Elementary administration and service 12.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.8%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.4%, Caring personal service 10.7%, Sales 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Professional 9.2%.