Peel Demographics (Hyndburn, England)

Peel is a ward in Hyndburn of North West, England and includes areas of Lower Gate, Hillock Vale, Huncoat and Huncoat Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Peel was 4,518 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Peel is 35, while the median age is lower at 33.

90.6% of people living in Peel were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.0% Pakistan, 1.8% Scotland, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% India, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% United States.

95.1% of people living in Peel speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Polish, 1.1% Panjabi, 1.0% Urdu, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Peel is 62.5% Christian, 23.6% No religion, 6.2% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist. 303 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

29.6% of people are married, 17.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.9% are separated or divorced. There are 316 widowed people living in Peel.

The top occupations listed by people in Peel are Elementary 14.7%, Skilled trades 14.7%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 13.2%, Caring personal service 12.4%, Elementary administration and service 11.6%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Administrative and secretarial 10.1%, Sales 8.9%, Associate professional and technical 8.3%.