Great Boughton Demographics (Cheshire West and Chester, England)

Great Boughton is a ward in Cheshire West and Chester of North West, England and includes areas of Dee Banks, Boughton, Piper's Ash, Great Boughton, Vicars Cross, Broughton Heath, Boughton Heath and Queen's Park.

In the 2011 census the population of Great Boughton was 8,984 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Great Boughton is 44, while the median age is higher at 45.

84.6% of people living in Great Boughton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 7.1% Wales, 1.6% Scotland, 0.9% Northern Ireland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% United States, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% Australia.

97.5% of people living in Great Boughton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.2% Welsh/Cymraeg, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% German, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Bulgarian.

The religious make up of Great Boughton is 69.9% Christian, 21.4% No religion, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 621 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

54.4% of people are married, 7.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 479 widowed people living in Great Boughton.

The top occupations listed by people in Great Boughton are Professional 24.1%, Associate professional and technical 14.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.8%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.2%, Skilled trades 9.4%, Administrative 8.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 8.7%, Elementary 8.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.0%, Sales and customer service 7.9%.