Barnes Demographics (Sunderland, England)

Barnes is a ward in Sunderland of North East, England and includes areas of High Barnes, St Gabriel, Eden Vale, St Gabriels Estate and Barnes.

In the 2011 census the population of Barnes was 10,987 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Barnes is 41, while the median age is higher at 42.

90.9% of people living in Barnes were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.1% Bangladesh, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% India, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.5% Philippines, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Nigeria, 0.2% China, 0.2% Northern Ireland.

93.8% of people living in Barnes speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Bengali, 0.4% Urdu, 0.2% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Barnes is 69.0% Christian, 17.1% No religion, 6.8% Muslim, 0.6% Sikh, 0.4% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 597 people did not state a religion. 34 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.6% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.7% are separated or divorced. There are 460 widowed people living in Barnes.

The top occupations listed by people in Barnes are Professional 16.6%, Administrative and secretarial 12.7%, Skilled trades 11.9%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Associate professional and technical 11.0%, Elementary 10.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Administrative 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 9.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.3%.