Hawes Side Demographics (Blackpool, England)

Hawes Side is a ward in Blackpool of North West, England and includes areas of Marton, Spen Corner, Hawes Side, Marton Moss, Mereside, Mythop, Common Edge, Peel Hill and Beehive Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Hawes Side was 7,235 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Hawes Side is 39, while the median age is also 39.

90.9% of people living in Hawes Side were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.4% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% China, 0.1% Isle of Man, 0.1% North Africa.

98.0% of people living in Hawes Side speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Hawes Side is 66.2% Christian, 25.5% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Atheist. 450 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

36.8% of people are married, 14.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.3% are separated or divorced. There are 599 widowed people living in Hawes Side.

The top occupations listed by people in Hawes Side are Elementary 15.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.8%, Elementary administration and service 13.4%, Skilled trades 13.1%, Administrative and secretarial 12.2%, Caring personal service 11.5%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Sales 9.9%, Administrative 9.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.9%.