Ardwick Demographics (Manchester, England)

Ardwick is a ward in Manchester of North West, England and includes areas of Chortlton Upon Medlock, Victoria Park, West Point, Medlock, Coston Park, Birchfields, Longsight, Belle Vue, West Gorton, Rushford, Crowcroft Park, North Levenshulme, Ardwick, Gorton Brook, Nutsford Vale, Plymouth Court Business Centre, Imex Business Park, Regal Ind Est, Vaughan Street Ind Est, Downing Street Ind Est, Bond Street Ind Est, Thames Ind Est, Devonshire Street Ind Est, Cariocca Business Park and Longsight Ind Est.

In the 2011 census the population of Ardwick was 19,250 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Ardwick is 29, while the median age is lower at 23.

55.5% of people living in Ardwick were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 5.3% China, 3.3% Pakistan, 2.3% India, 2.2% Nigeria, 2.0% Ireland, 1.6% Somalia, 1.5% North Africa, 1.4% Bangladesh, 1.4% Jamaica.

71.5% of people living in Ardwick speak English. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% All other Chinese, 2.8% Arabic, 2.2% Urdu, 1.5% Somali, 1.4% Bengali, 1.0% Persian/Farsi, 0.9% French, 0.8% Kurdish, 0.8% Cantonese Chinese.

The religious make up of Ardwick is 39.5% Christian, 24.9% No religion, 22.0% Muslim, 2.4% Hindu, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.9% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.2% Atheist. 1,405 people did not state a religion. 85 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 8 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

22.7% of people are married, 6.8% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.2% live with a partner of the same sex, 52.7% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.0% are separated or divorced. There are 650 widowed people living in Ardwick.

The top occupations listed by people in Ardwick are Elementary 22.1%, Elementary administration and service 20.8%, Sales and customer service 17.0%, Professional 16.0%, Sales 14.1%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 13.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.5%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.0%, Caring personal service 7.5%.