Crompton Demographics (Bolton, England)

Crompton is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Halliwell Ind Est, Hall I' Th' Wood, Brownlow Business Centre, Shepherd Cross Street Ind Est, Nortex Business Centre, The Industrial Estate, Wordsworth Ind Est, Halliwell, Victory, Brownlow Fold, Waterloo Ind Est and Gilnow Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Crompton was 15,401 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Crompton is 35, while the median age is lower at 32.

78.7% of people living in Crompton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 9.6% India, 1.9% Pakistan, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Iran, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Somalia, 0.2% South Africa.

79.2% of people living in Crompton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 12.9% Gujarati, 1.2% Urdu, 1.1% Polish, 1.0% Panjabi, 0.5% Arabic, 0.4% Hungarian, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Somali, 0.2% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Crompton is 45.5% Christian, 32.7% Muslim, 14.3% No religion, 0.8% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 854 people did not state a religion. 48 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 8 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

39.2% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.1% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 944 widowed people living in Crompton.

The top occupations listed by people in Crompton are Sales and customer service 15.0%, Elementary 14.1%, Elementary administration and service 12.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.7%, Sales 11.6%, Professional 11.1%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 10.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.1%, Skilled trades 10.1%.