Thistleberry Demographics (Newcastle-under-Lyme, England)

Thistleberry is a ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Milehouse, Mile House and Westlands.

In the 2011 census the population of Thistleberry was 6,144 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Thistleberry is 43, while the median age is lower at 42.

90.8% of people living in Thistleberry were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Wales, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% India, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.1% Iran, 0.1% China.

96.5% of people living in Thistleberry speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Turkish, 0.3% Urdu, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Sinhala, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% All other languages, 0.1% Slovak.

The religious make up of Thistleberry is 65.7% Christian, 22.3% No religion, 2.8% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.3% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 378 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.2% of people are married, 10.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.2% are separated or divorced. There are 339 widowed people living in Thistleberry.

The top occupations listed by people in Thistleberry are Professional 20.4%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Elementary 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Skilled trades 9.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.9%, Sales 8.5%.