Old Town Demographics (Barnsley, England)

Old Town is a ward in Barnsley of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Redbrook, Old Town, Gawber, Redbrook Business Park, Old Mill, Smithy Green, Oaks Business Park, Athersley North, Smithy Hill, Smithies, Athersley South, Mount Osbourne Ind Estate, Athersley and Smithy Wood.

In the 2011 census the population of Old Town was 10,811 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Old Town is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

93.2% of people living in Old Town were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Iran, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% North Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% South Africa.

96.7% of people living in Old Town speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Tigrinya, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Old Town is 66.0% Christian, 24.2% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic. 766 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.0% of people are married, 13.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.8% are separated or divorced. There are 674 widowed people living in Old Town.

The top occupations listed by people in Old Town are Professional 15.6%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Elementary 10.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.1%, Sales and customer service 8.9%, Caring personal service 8.7%.