Harper Green Demographics (Bolton, England)

Harper Green is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Farnworth, Highfield, Edge Fold, Hollins, Edge Fold Ind Est, Fernhill Gate, Daubhill, Morris Green Business Park, Morris Green, Edgefold and Lever Edge.

In the 2011 census the population of Harper Green was 14,478 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Harper Green is 36, while the median age is lower at 35.

84.1% of people living in Harper Green were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.3% India, 3.0% Pakistan, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Nigeria, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Wales.

89.0% of people living in Harper Green speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Gujarati, 2.3% Urdu, 0.8% Polish, 0.7% Kurdish, 0.6% Panjabi, 0.5% Malayalam, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Persian/Farsi, 0.3% Somali.

The religious make up of Harper Green is 59.3% Christian, 15.9% No religion, 15.6% Muslim, 3.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist. 777 people did not state a religion. 31 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

43.6% of people are married, 10.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.1% are separated or divorced. There are 728 widowed people living in Harper Green.

The top occupations listed by people in Harper Green are Elementary 15.2%, Elementary administration and service 13.0%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Sales and customer service 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.0%, Professional 10.9%, Sales 9.2%, Caring personal service 9.0%.