Moorside Demographics (West Lancashire, England)

Moorside is a ward in West Lancashire of North West, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Moorside was 3,909 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Moorside is 35, while the median age is lower at 34.

91.7% of people living in Moorside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% South America, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States.

95.4% of people living in Moorside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Latvian, 1.1% Polish, 0.7% Portuguese, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% Czech, 0.1% German, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Moorside is 69.0% Christian, 23.1% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 259 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.1% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.8% are separated or divorced. There are 265 widowed people living in Moorside.

The top occupations listed by people in Moorside are Elementary 21.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 17.6%, Elementary administration and service 15.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.4%, Skilled trades 10.9%, Caring personal service 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.7%, Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 8.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.7%, Administrative and secretarial 8.1%.