Great Lever Demographics (Bolton, England)

Great Lever is a ward in Bolton of North West, England and includes areas of Harper Green, Moses Gate, Burnden, Great Lever, Burnden Ind Est, Pilot Ind Est, Raikes Lane Ind Est, Wadsworth Industrial Park, Central Ind Est, The Haulgh, Mill Hill, Lecturers Closes, Rosehill, Carlton Industrial Centre, Bolton Business Centre, Springfield and Cecil Street Business Centre.

In the 2011 census the population of Great Lever was 14,467 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Great Lever is 33, while the median age is lower at 30.

69.2% of people living in Great Lever were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 8.7% Pakistan, 6.6% India, 1.0% Kenya, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Somalia, 0.5% Iran, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Zimbabwe.

73.7% of people living in Great Lever speak English. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Gujarati, 7.1% Urdu, 2.2% Panjabi, 1.4% Polish, 1.0% Kurdish, 0.6% Arabic, 0.6% Somali, 0.6% Persian/Farsi, 0.5% Pashto.

The religious make up of Great Lever is 37.7% Christian, 36.6% Muslim, 12.4% No religion, 7.1% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 765 people did not state a religion. 28 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 2 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

40.6% of people are married, 9.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 29.9% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.2% are separated or divorced. There are 727 widowed people living in Great Lever.

The top occupations listed by people in Great Lever are Elementary 16.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.9%, Sales and customer service 14.4%, Elementary administration and service 13.8%, Sales 11.4%, Administrative and secretarial 10.2%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 9.8%, Professional 9.8%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.3%, Skilled trades 9.0%.