Lumley Demographics (County Durham, England)

Lumley is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Chester Moor, Great Lumley, Castle Dene, Plawsworth, Lumley Links, Lambton Park, Lumley Park, Castle Grange, St. Cuthberts Moor, Rainton Gate, Bournmoor, Sixth Pit, Leamside, Fencehouses, Middle Rainton, Colliery Row, High Dubmire, Woodstone Village, West Rainton, Dubmire, New Lambton and Chilton Moor.

In the 2011 census the population of Lumley was 7,537 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Lumley is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

96.1% of people living in Lumley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Australia, 0.0% Sri Lanka, 0.0% Iran.

99.4% of people living in Lumley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% Swedish, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Spanish.

The religious make up of Lumley is 73.6% Christian, 20.2% No religion, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 381 people did not state a religion. 17 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

53.7% of people are married, 9.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 21.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.7% are separated or divorced. There are 349 widowed people living in Lumley.

The top occupations listed by people in Lumley are Professional 16.6%, Administrative and secretarial 13.6%, Associate professional and technical 12.8%, Administrative 11.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.4%, Skilled trades 10.4%, Elementary 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.1%, Elementary administration and service 8.2%.