Shotton Demographics (County Durham, England)

Shotton is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Shotton Colliery, Haswell Plough, South Hetton and Haswell.

In the 2011 census the population of Shotton was 9,222 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Shotton is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

97.0% of people living in Shotton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% India, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% North Africa.

99.3% of people living in Shotton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Shotton is 74.9% Christian, 18.3% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 510 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

44.4% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 537 widowed people living in Shotton.

The top occupations listed by people in Shotton are Skilled trades 14.9%, Elementary 14.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Professional 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.8%, Elementary administration and service 9.1%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%, Administrative 8.4%.