Little Harwood Demographics (Blackburn with Darwen, England)

Little Harwood is a ward in Blackburn with Darwen of North West, England and includes areas of Salford, Whitebirk Ind Est, Whitebirk Industrial Estate, Little Harwood, Fort Street Ind Est, Ribble Business Park, Cob Wall, Sunny Blower and Daisyfield.

In the 2011 census the population of Little Harwood was 6,752 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Little Harwood is 34, while the median age is lower at 31.

74.7% of people living in Little Harwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 10.0% India, 6.0% Pakistan, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Africa not otherwise specified, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Wales.

76.0% of people living in Little Harwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 11.4% Gujarati, 5.5% Urdu, 3.0% Panjabi, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% Polish, 0.4% South Asian Language, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Pashto, 0.2% German.

The religious make up of Little Harwood is 51.9% Muslim, 34.0% Christian, 7.6% No religion, 0.5% Hindu, 0.3% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish. 352 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.8% of people are married, 6.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 25.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.5% are separated or divorced. There are 298 widowed people living in Little Harwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Little Harwood are Skilled trades 13.9%, Sales and customer service 13.0%, Elementary 12.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.1%, Professional 11.6%, Administrative and secretarial 10.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Sales 9.8%, Elementary administration and service 9.7%, Administrative 9.0%.