Dawdon Demographics (County Durham, England)

Dawdon is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Parkside, Dawdon Industrial Estate, Dawdon Colliery and Dawdon.

In the 2011 census the population of Dawdon was 7,220 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Dawdon is 37, while the median age is lower at 36.

93.8% of people living in Dawdon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% South America, 0.1% United States.

96.3% of people living in Dawdon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Lithuanian, 0.8% Polish, 0.2% Panjabi, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Any Sign Communication System, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Dawdon is 74.7% Christian, 18.8% No religion, 0.6% Sikh, 0.4% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist. 355 people did not state a religion. 9 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

39.5% of people are married, 13.0% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 28.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.9% are separated or divorced. There are 416 widowed people living in Dawdon.

The top occupations listed by people in Dawdon are Elementary 15.3%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Sales and customer service 12.5%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.2%, Professional 10.2%, Caring personal service 9.7%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%, Administrative and secretarial 9.3%.