Squires Gate Demographics (Blackpool, England)

Squires Gate is a ward in Blackpool of North West, England and includes areas of Squires Gate, South Shore and Stony Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Squires Gate was 6,437 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Squires Gate is 45, while the median age is also 45.

90.9% of people living in Squires Gate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.6% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% United States.

98.7% of people living in Squires Gate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Squires Gate is 73.0% Christian, 19.5% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Hindu. 392 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.6% of people are married, 10.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.6% are separated or divorced. There are 428 widowed people living in Squires Gate.

The top occupations listed by people in Squires Gate are Administrative and secretarial 14.3%, Professional 12.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.3%, Elementary 11.2%, Administrative 10.9%, Associate professional and technical 10.8%, Elementary administration and service 10.5%, Sales and customer service 9.7%.