Pemberton Demographics (Wigan, England)

Pemberton is a ward in Wigan of North West, England and includes areas of Orrell, Newtown, Kitt Green, Gathurst, Laithwaite, Worsley Hall, Martland Mill Business Park, Martland Park, Lamberhead Green, Kit Green, Martland Mill Ind Est, Bell Lane, Pemberton, Winstanley and Lamberhead Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Pemberton was 13,982 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Pemberton is 38, while the median age is also 38.

95.8% of people living in Pemberton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Iran, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% China.

98.1% of people living in Pemberton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.4% Polish, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Kurdish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Pemberton is 75.1% Christian, 17.4% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 840 people did not state a religion. 30 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

37.0% of people are married, 15.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.4% are separated or divorced. There are 894 widowed people living in Pemberton.

The top occupations listed by people in Pemberton are Elementary 19.3%, Elementary administration and service 16.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.7%, Skilled trades 14.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.1%, Caring personal service 9.8%, Sales and customer service 9.3%, Professional 8.5%, Administrative and secretarial 8.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.0%.