Featherstone Demographics (Wakefield, England)

Featherstone is a ward in Wakefield of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Featherstone, Kings Mead, Purston Jaglin, Streethouse, Old Snydale, Snydale, North Featherstone, Ackton, Strawberry Hill, Featherstone Green, W Hardwick, New Crofton, Nostell, Crofton, Foulby, Sharlston Common, Wragby, New Sharlston and West Hardwick.

In the 2011 census the population of Featherstone was 15,946 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Featherstone is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

96.1% of people living in Featherstone were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% Zimbabwe.

98.8% of people living in Featherstone speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Featherstone is 69.8% Christian, 23.2% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 920 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 6 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.0% of people are married, 13.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 915 widowed people living in Featherstone.

The top occupations listed by people in Featherstone are Elementary 17.6%, Elementary administration and service 14.1%, Skilled trades 13.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.3%, Sales and customer service 9.5%, Caring personal service 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.6%, Professional 8.3%.