Featherstone Demographics (Wakefield, England)

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

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% Gujarati, 0.1% Thai.

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%.