Marsden Demographics (Pendle, England)

Marsden is a ward in Pendle of North West, England and includes areas of Whitewalls Industrial Estate, Hodge House, Barrowford, Hill Drop and Hodge Bank Business Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Marsden was 3,489 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Marsden is 39, while the median age is lower at 38.

92.6% of people living in Marsden were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Pakistan, 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% India, 0.1% China, 0.1% United States.

96.5% of people living in Marsden speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.7% Polish, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.6% Lithuanian, 0.3% Urdu, 0.2% Czech, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious make up of Marsden is 58.2% Christian, 28.9% No religion, 4.8% Muslim, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu. 230 people did not state a religion. 11 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

40.3% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 211 widowed people living in Marsden.

The top occupations listed by people in Marsden are Skilled trades 16.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 14.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.4%, Caring personal service 11.9%, Elementary 11.7%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Sales 9.8%, Administrative and secretarial 9.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.0%, Professional 8.6%.