Dales Demographics (Nottingham, England)

Dales is a ward in Nottingham of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Colwick Park, Sneinton and Bakersfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Dales was 16,754 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Dales is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

74.7% of people living in Dales were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.1% Pakistan, 0.8% Scotland, 0.8% Jamaica, 0.8% Ireland, 0.8% Nigeria, 0.7% India, 0.4% North Africa, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Zimbabwe.

82.3% of people living in Dales speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Urdu, 3.4% Polish, 1.7% Panjabi, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Czech, 0.6% Pakistani Pahari, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Kurdish, 0.5% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Dales is 41.3% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 19.9% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.5% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 1,216 people did not state a religion. 62 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 5 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

33.4% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 991 widowed people living in Dales.

The top occupations listed by people in Dales are Elementary 17.6%, Elementary administration and service 14.8%, Professional 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.4%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Sales 8.4%.