Douglas Demographics (Wigan, England)

Douglas is a ward in Wigan of North West, England and includes areas of Newtown, Pemberton, Ross Buiness Centre, Pioneer Ind Est, Spring View, Little Westwood, Ince Moss Ind Est, Ince and Ince In Makerfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Douglas was 12,892 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Douglas is 38, while the median age is lower at 36.

93.8% of people living in Douglas were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% China.

96.8% of people living in Douglas speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% French, 0.1% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Douglas is 75.0% Christian, 17.7% No religion, 0.8% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu. 733 people did not state a religion. 29 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.1% of people are married, 16.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 834 widowed people living in Douglas.

The top occupations listed by people in Douglas are Elementary 17.3%, Elementary administration and service 14.6%, Skilled trades 14.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.1%, Sales and customer service 10.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Sales 9.0%, Associate professional and technical 8.8%, Professional 8.6%.