Halliwell Demographics (Bolton, England)

Halliwell is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Gilnow Grove Gardens, Gilnow Mill Ind Est, Spa Road Ind Est, Heaton, Gilnow Park, Victory, Brownlow Fold, Halliwell, Waterloo Ind Est, Shepherd Cross Street Ind Est, Nortex Business Centre, Brownlow Business Centre, Wordsworth Ind Est, The Industrial Estate, Lecturers Closes, The Haulgh and Mill Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Halliwell was 13,929 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Halliwell is 36, while the median age is lower at 33.

73.4% of people living in Halliwell were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.1% Pakistan, 4.8% India, 1.0% Ireland, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Somalia, 0.7% China, 0.7% Kenya, 0.6% Iran, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

79.6% of people living in Halliwell speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Gujarati, 3.1% Panjabi, 2.9% Urdu, 1.5% Polish, 0.7% Somali, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.6% Persian/Farsi, 0.5% Kurdish.

The religious make up of Halliwell is 42.7% Christian, 27.9% Muslim, 16.9% No religion, 4.6% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 881 people did not state a religion. 50 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 11 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

31.6% of people are married, 9.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 13.4% are separated or divorced. There are 1,093 widowed people living in Halliwell.

The top occupations listed by people in Halliwell are Elementary 17.5%, Sales and customer service 15.5%, Elementary administration and service 14.5%, Sales 12.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 11.0%, Skilled trades 10.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Professional 8.9%.