Semilong Demographics (Northampton, England)

Semilong is a ward in Northampton of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Kingsley, Queens Park, Abington Vale, Kingsthorpe, Bunting Road Industrial Estate, Semilong, Kingsthorpe Hollow, Bunting Road Industrial Est, Billing, Great Houghton, Hardingstone, Wootton, Boothville, Poppyridge, Wootton Park, Breckenridge, Sovereigns Lea, Lower Weedon, Weedon Bec, Upper Weedon, East Hunsbury, Langlangs, Westone, Weston Favell, Edgemont Grange, Flavell Green, Kingsley Park, Phippsville, Whitehills, Far Cotton, Delapre and Upper Heyford.

In the 2011 census the population of Semilong was 5,953 and is made up of approximately 48% females and 52% males.

The average age of people in Semilong is 32, while the median age is lower at 30.

68.0% of people living in Semilong were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.5% Ireland, 1.4% China, 1.4% India, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% Bangladesh, 0.9% Somalia, 0.9% Nigeria, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% Zimbabwe.

77.4% of people living in Semilong speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Polish, 2.0% All other Chinese, 1.5% Romanian, 1.3% Lithuanian, 1.2% Russian, 1.0% Bengali, 0.7% Somali, 0.7% Latvian, 0.6% Gujarati.

The religious make up of Semilong is 52.4% Christian, 31.4% No religion, 5.7% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 407 people did not state a religion. 44 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

24.8% of people are married, 17.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 38.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.3% are separated or divorced. There are 370 widowed people living in Semilong.

The top occupations listed by people in Semilong are Elementary 24.8%, Elementary administration and service 21.9%, Professional 12.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.6%, Skilled trades 10.0%, Associate professional and technical 9.7%, Process, plant and machine operatives 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.7%, Caring personal service 8.7%, Administrative and secretarial 8.6%.