Deerness Valley Demographics (County Durham, England)

Deerness Valley is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Broompark, Breckon Hill, Ushaw Moor, Bearpark, New Brancepeth, Cornsay, Esh Winning, Langley Park, Esh, Hedley Hill, Quebec, Cornsay Colliery and Waterhouses.

In the 2011 census the population of Deerness Valley was 9,357 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

94.8% of people living in Deerness Valley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.4% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% United States, 0.1% China, 0.1% India, 0.1% North Africa.

99.0% of people living in Deerness Valley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.1% German, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% French, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% British sign language.

The religious make up of Deerness Valley is 71.5% Christian, 21.3% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Sikh. 569 people did not state a religion. 16 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

47.2% of people are married, 11.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 575 widowed people living in Deerness Valley.

The top occupations listed by people in Deerness Valley are Professional 15.9%, Elementary 13.1%, Skilled trades 12.1%, Administrative and secretarial 11.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 10.5%, Elementary administration and service 9.5%, Administrative 9.0%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.7%.