Dearne South Demographics (Barnsley, England)

Dearne South is a ward in Barnsley of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Bolton-Upon-Dearne, Goldthorpe and Highgate.

In the 2011 census the population of Dearne South was 11,889 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Dearne South is 38, while the median age is also 38.

96.0% of people living in Dearne South were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.7% of people living in Dearne South speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.1% Persian/Farsi, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Latvian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Panjabi.

The religious make up of Dearne South is 67.3% Christian, 25.4% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist. 764 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

45.2% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.4% are separated or divorced. There are 679 widowed people living in Dearne South.

The top occupations listed by people in Dearne South are Sales and customer service 15.5%, Skilled trades 15.2%, Elementary 14.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.8%, Elementary administration and service 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Professional 9.3%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Sales 8.3%, Caring personal service 8.1%.