Burton Demographics (East Staffordshire, England)

Burton is a ward in East Staffordshire of West Midlands, England and includes areas of Little Burton, Wetmore and Branston.

In the 2011 census the population of Burton was 3,521 and is made up of approximately 47% females and 53% males.

The average age of people in Burton is 35, while the median age is lower at 31.

75.8% of people living in Burton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.9% Pakistan, 1.5% Scotland, 0.9% India, 0.8% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Jamaica, 0.3% China, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Zimbabwe.

81.2% of people living in Burton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 6.9% Polish, 1.6% Latvian, 1.5% Panjabi, 1.1% Urdu, 0.8% Persian/Farsi, 0.8% Russian, 0.7% Lithuanian, 0.7% Hungarian, 0.7% Kurdish.

The religious make up of Burton is 51.4% Christian, 28.8% No religion, 10.0% Muslim, 0.9% Hindu, 0.7% Sikh, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Agnostic. 236 people did not state a religion. 15 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

29.9% of people are married, 17.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.4% are separated or divorced. There are 278 widowed people living in Burton.

The top occupations listed by people in Burton are Elementary 22.0%, Elementary administration and service 18.9%, Process, plant and machine operatives 15.3%, Professional 10.8%, Sales and customer service 10.1%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%, Skilled trades 9.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Associate professional and technical 8.7%, Sales 8.3%.