Layton Demographics (Blackpool, England)

Layton is a ward in Blackpool of North West, England and includes areas of Staining, Normoss, Layton, Queens Town, Queenstown, Hoohill Industrial Estate, Hoo Hill Ind Est, Hoohill Ind Est, Mowbray Drive Ind Est, Little Layton, Grange Park Estate and Hoohill.

In the 2011 census the population of Layton was 6,845 and is made up of approximately 53% females and 47% males.

The average age of people in Layton is 40, while the median age is lower at 39.

89.3% of people living in Layton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.5% Scotland, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% United States, 0.1% China.

97.6% of people living in Layton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.6% Polish, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Malayalam, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Pashto, 0.1% Turkish.

The religious make up of Layton is 65.9% Christian, 24.7% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.3% Hindu. 457 people did not state a religion. 21 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.0% of people are married, 14.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 26.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.0% are separated or divorced. There are 529 widowed people living in Layton.

The top occupations listed by people in Layton are Administrative and secretarial 14.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 13.4%, Elementary 13.0%, Professional 12.3%, Skilled trades 12.3%, Administrative 11.9%, Elementary administration and service 11.3%, Caring personal service 10.4%, Sales and customer service 9.9%, Sales 8.8%.