Castleton Demographics (Rochdale, England)

Castleton is a ward in Rochdale of North West, England and includes areas of Castleton, Sudden, Marland, Matthews Moss, Royle Road Ind Est, Kirkholt, Trows, Chesham, Top O Th Hill, Sand Hole, Royle Hill, Trub, Buersil Head, Cowm Top and Trans Pennine Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Castleton was 10,159 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Castleton is 40, while the median age is also 40.

89.1% of people living in Castleton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.7% Pakistan, 1.1% Ireland, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% India, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.2% Kenya, 0.1% China.

94.4% of people living in Castleton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Urdu, 1.1% Panjabi, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Swahili/Kiswahili, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Ukrainian, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Castleton is 63.4% Christian, 19.5% No religion, 9.3% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 662 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

43.6% of people are married, 12.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 587 widowed people living in Castleton.

The top occupations listed by people in Castleton are Skilled trades 13.7%, Elementary 12.8%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.4%, Professional 11.6%, Elementary administration and service 11.4%, Associate professional and technical 10.0%, Administrative 9.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.6%, Caring personal service 9.5%.