Irchester Demographics (Wellingborough, England)

Irchester is a ward in Wellingborough of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Industrial Estate, Hinwick, Irchester, Strixton, Easton Maudit, Wollaston, Great Doddington, Farndish, Bozeat, Knuston and Podington.

In the 2011 census the population of Irchester was 4,745 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Irchester is 43, while the median age is higher at 45.

93.3% of people living in Irchester were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Wales, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.2% United States, 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Kenya.

98.3% of people living in Irchester speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Bulgarian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Irchester is 60.8% Christian, 30.6% No religion, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh. 311 people did not state a religion. 22 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

52.5% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 253 widowed people living in Irchester.

The top occupations listed by people in Irchester are Skilled trades 15.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.8%, Elementary 11.7%, Professional 11.6%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Administrative 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%.