Hawcoat Demographics (Barrow-in-Furness, England)

Hawcoat is a ward in Barrow-in-Furness of North West, England and includes areas of Park Road Ind Est, Sowerby Woods Ind Est, Roanhead, Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate, Haws View Ind Est, Thwaite Flat, Sandscale and Meeting Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Hawcoat was 4,922 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Hawcoat is 52, while the median age is higher at 55.

92.8% of people living in Hawcoat were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 0.8% India, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

98.2% of people living in Hawcoat speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% All other Chinese, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Danish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Thai.

The religious make up of Hawcoat is 79.7% Christian, 11.8% No religion, 0.9% Hindu, 0.7% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 309 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

62.1% of people are married, 6.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 14.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 4.4% are separated or divorced. There are 145 widowed people living in Hawcoat.

The top occupations listed by people in Hawcoat are Professional 23.1%, Skilled trades 13.5%, Administrative and secretarial 12.3%, Associate professional and technical 12.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.2%, Administrative 9.2%, Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades 9.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Health professionals 7.5%, Sales and customer service 6.9%.