Kersal Demographics (Salford, England)

Kersal is a ward in Salford of North West, England and includes areas of Broughton Park, The Cliffe, Lower Broughton, Kersal Vale, Lower Kersal, Cheetham, Hightown, Albert Park, High Town, High Broughton, The Cliff, Kersal, Broughton and M'cstr.

In the 2011 census the population of Kersal was 12,694 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Kersal is 34, while the median age is lower at 30.

77.7% of people living in Kersal were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.2% Ireland, 1.2% Scotland, 0.9% United States, 0.8% South Africa, 0.8% Pakistan, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Iran, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

89.2% of people living in Kersal speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Polish, 1.4% Yiddish, 0.9% French, 0.5% Hebrew, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.4% Urdu, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Arabic, 0.2% Slovak.

The religious make up of Kersal is 41.0% Jewish, 34.3% Christian, 10.6% No religion, 3.3% Muslim, 0.5% Sikh, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist. 1,199 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.7% of people are married, 7.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 488 widowed people living in Kersal.

The top occupations listed by people in Kersal are Professional 22.3%, Administrative and secretarial 13.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.0%, Teaching and educational professionals 9.9%, Teaching and Educational Professionals 9.9%, Elementary 9.9%, Elementary administration and service 8.8%, Sales and customer service 8.1%.