Hulton Demographics (Bolton, England)

Hulton is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Fernhill Gate, Morris Green, Lever Edge, Edgefold, Daubhill, Morris Green Business Park, Morris Green Business Centre, Willows, Chequerbent, Hunger Hill, Knutshaw Bridge, Hulton, Over Hulton, Greenheys and Hulton Lane Ends.

In the 2011 census the population of Hulton was 13,748 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

89.0% of people living in Hulton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.6% India, 1.0% Pakistan, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Kenya, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Iran, 0.2% Nigeria.

93.8% of people living in Hulton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Gujarati, 0.8% Urdu, 0.4% Panjabi, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Kurdish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Turkish.

The religious make up of Hulton is 66.8% Christian, 13.6% No religion, 10.3% Muslim, 3.1% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 772 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

47.4% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 705 widowed people living in Hulton.

The top occupations listed by people in Hulton are Professional 14.9%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Skilled trades 12.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.2%, Elementary 11.0%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Administrative 9.3%.