Thornley Demographics (County Durham, England)

Thornley is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Thornley, High Wheatley Hill and Wheatley Hill.

In the 2011 census the population of Thornley was 7,085 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Thornley is 41, while the median age is also 41.

97.0% of people living in Thornley were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.1% China, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% United States, 0.1% India, 0.1% Ghana.

99.0% of people living in Thornley speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Cantonese Chinese, 0.1% French, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% All other Chinese.

The religious make up of Thornley is 76.1% Christian, 17.2% No religion, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist. 378 people did not state a religion. 18 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

46.2% of people are married, 11.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.8% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.9% are separated or divorced. There are 391 widowed people living in Thornley.

The top occupations listed by people in Thornley are Skilled trades 14.1%, Elementary 13.8%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.4%, Sales and customer service 10.8%, Associate professional and technical 10.6%, Professional 10.5%, Administrative and secretarial 10.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.4%, Elementary administration and service 9.5%, Administrative 8.3%.