Bedlington West Demographics (Northumberland, England)

Bedlington West is a ward in Northumberland of North East, England and includes areas of Hartford Bridge, Nedderton Village, Nedderton and Netherton Colliery.

In the 2011 census the population of Bedlington West was 5,657 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bedlington West is 40, while the median age is higher at 42.

95.1% of people living in Bedlington West were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% India, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Australia, 0.1% South Africa.

99.2% of people living in Bedlington West speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Bedlington West is 74.5% Christian, 19.5% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 259 people did not state a religion. 6 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

54.4% of people are married, 10.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 258 widowed people living in Bedlington West.

The top occupations listed by people in Bedlington West are Professional 16.7%, Associate professional and technical 14.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.8%, Administrative 10.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.2%, Skilled trades 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.7%, Elementary 9.4%, Sales and customer service 8.0%, Elementary administration and service 7.9%.