Bispham Demographics (Blackpool, England)

Bispham is a ward in Blackpool of North West, England and includes areas of Horsemans Hill and Bispham.

In the 2011 census the population of Bispham was 6,375 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bispham is 46, while the median age is higher at 47.

90.8% of people living in Bispham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.2% Scotland, 0.9% Wales, 0.7% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.3% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% China.

98.2% of people living in Bispham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.5% Polish, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Kurdish, 0.1% French, 0.1% British sign language, 0.1% Italian.

The religious make up of Bispham is 70.0% Christian, 20.8% No religion, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Sikh. 461 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

43.3% of people are married, 11.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.3% live with a partner of the same sex, 22.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.5% are separated or divorced. There are 443 widowed people living in Bispham.

The top occupations listed by people in Bispham are Administrative and secretarial 15.8%, Professional 12.9%, Administrative 12.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.8%, Elementary 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.1%, Elementary administration and service 10.4%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.5%.