Dunston Demographics (Chesterfield, England)

Dunston is a ward in Chesterfield of East Midlands, England and includes areas of Whittington Moor, Newbold Moor, Holme Park, Upper Newbold and Over Newbold.

In the 2011 census the population of Dunston was 6,303 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

94.8% of people living in Dunston were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% India, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% China.

98.3% of people living in Dunston speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% African language, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious make up of Dunston is 62.4% Christian, 27.1% No religion, 1.4% Muslim, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist. 486 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.4% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.4% are separated or divorced. There are 471 widowed people living in Dunston.

The top occupations listed by people in Dunston are Elementary 17.0%, Elementary administration and service 14.1%, Skilled trades 13.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.9%, Administrative and secretarial 10.6%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Caring personal service 9.4%, Sales 8.8%, Professional 8.6%.