Kingstone Demographics (Barnsley, England)

Kingstone is a ward in Barnsley of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Worsbrough, Kingston, Water Royd, Dodworth Bottom, White Hill, Keresforth, Pogmoor, Gilroyd, Pog Moor, Smithies, Measborough Dike, Town End, Ward Green, Worsbrough Common, Bank End and Worsbrough Dale.

In the 2011 census the population of Kingstone was 10,680 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Kingstone is 38, while the median age is lower at 37.

91.0% of people living in Kingstone were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Ghana, 0.2% China, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Pakistan.

94.2% of people living in Kingstone speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Polish, 0.5% Latvian, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Lithuanian, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Albanian, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% African language.

The religious make up of Kingstone is 63.2% Christian, 27.6% No religion, 1.2% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 701 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

34.5% of people are married, 17.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.5% are separated or divorced. There are 856 widowed people living in Kingstone.

The top occupations listed by people in Kingstone are Elementary 17.1%, Elementary administration and service 13.3%, Skilled trades 13.0%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Professional 11.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 10.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.8%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%, Sales 8.5%.