Brookside Demographics (Northampton, England)

Brookside is a ward in Northampton of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Billing, Thornfields, Water Meadow, Lumbertubs, Goldings, Weston Favell Centre, Lings, Cherry Lodge, Thorplands, Round Spinney Industrial Estate and Thornfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Brookside was 5,441 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Brookside is 34, while the median age is lower at 32.

70.7% of people living in Brookside were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.5% Nigeria, 2.4% India, 1.8% Kenya, 1.7% Scotland, 1.2% Ireland, 1.2% Ghana, 1.1% Zimbabwe, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.7% Jamaica.

84.1% of people living in Brookside speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Gujarati, 2.4% Polish, 1.4% Romanian, 1.1% Bengali, 1.0% Latvian, 0.7% Lithuanian, 0.6% Russian, 0.6% Somali, 0.6% Urdu.

The religious make up of Brookside is 50.1% Christian, 30.0% No religion, 6.0% Muslim, 4.9% Hindu, 0.6% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 349 people did not state a religion. 14 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

38.1% of people are married, 10.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 30.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.0% are separated or divorced. There are 352 widowed people living in Brookside.

The top occupations listed by people in Brookside are Elementary 21.9%, Elementary administration and service 19.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.2%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.7%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.4%, Caring personal service 10.0%, Sales 9.5%, Professional 9.1%.