Ashby Castle Demographics (North West Leicestershire, England)

Ashby Castle is a ward in North West Leicestershire of East Midlands, England and includes areas of New Packington, Calke, Worthington, Lount, Staunton Harold and Packington.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashby Castle was 2,679 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Ashby Castle is 42, while the median age is higher at 44.

90.4% of people living in Ashby Castle were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.3% Wales, 1.7% Scotland, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% India, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% China, 0.2% United States, 0.1% South America.

97.7% of people living in Ashby Castle speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Cantonese Chinese, 0.3% All other Chinese, 0.2% Mandarin Chinese, 0.2% South Asian Language, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Ashby Castle is 68.4% Christian, 22.9% No religion, 0.5% Hindu, 0.4% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 184 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

63.4% of people are married, 6.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 16.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 5.1% are separated or divorced. There are 72 widowed people living in Ashby Castle.

The top occupations listed by people in Ashby Castle are Professional 26.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 16.9%, Associate professional and technical 14.6%, Corporate managers and directors 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 10.0%, Administrative 8.7%, Teaching and educational professionals 8.4%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 8.4%, Science, research, engineering and technology professionals 7.4%.