Whitefield Demographics (Knowsley, England)

Whitefield is a ward in Knowsley of North West, England and includes areas of Kirkby, Mill Park Estate and Westvale.

In the 2011 census the population of Whitefield was 5,963 and is made up of approximately 54% females and 46% males.

The average age of people in Whitefield is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

97.5% of people living in Whitefield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Kenya, 0.1% North Africa, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States.

99.3% of people living in Whitefield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% All other languages.

The religious make up of Whitefield is 84.1% Christian, 9.6% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 340 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.9% of people are married, 7.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 35.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.7% are separated or divorced. There are 324 widowed people living in Whitefield.

The top occupations listed by people in Whitefield are Elementary 14.4%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.0%, Sales and customer service 12.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.9%, Elementary administration and service 11.4%, Skilled trades 10.5%, Administrative 9.9%, Caring personal service 9.9%, Associate professional and technical 9.4%.