Mossley Demographics (Tameside, England)

Mossley is a ward in Tameside of North West, England and includes areas of Mossley, Carrbrook, Buckton Vale, Carr Brook, Micklehurst, Mossley Brow, Quickwood, Roughtown, Sovereign Hall Caravan Site and Mossley Cross.

In the 2011 census the population of Mossley was 10,921 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Mossley is 39, while the median age is also 39.

94.3% of people living in Mossley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Ireland, 0.6% Wales, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Hong Kong .

98.4% of people living in Mossley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Slovak, 0.1% Gujarati, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% French.

The religious make up of Mossley is 65.1% Christian, 26.2% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 672 people did not state a religion. 38 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

42.8% of people are married, 16.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 716 widowed people living in Mossley.

The top occupations listed by people in Mossley are Professional 18.5%, Associate professional and technical 13.6%, Administrative and secretarial 12.4%, Skilled trades 12.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.4%, Administrative 9.2%, Elementary 8.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 7.6%, Sales and customer service 7.4%.