Sacriston Demographics (County Durham, England)

Sacriston is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Edmondsley Fell, Edmondsley, Witton Gilbert and Sacriston.

In the 2011 census the population of Sacriston was 6,613 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Sacriston is 41, while the median age is also 41.

95.7% of people living in Sacriston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Scotland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% United States.

98.8% of people living in Sacriston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Sacriston is 70.8% Christian, 22.1% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 385 people did not state a religion. 6 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.8% of people are married, 13.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.8% are separated or divorced. There are 369 widowed people living in Sacriston.

The top occupations listed by people in Sacriston are Skilled trades 13.4%, Elementary 13.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.9%, Professional 12.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.7%, Associate professional and technical 10.6%, Administrative 10.2%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.8%.