Rockingham Demographics (Barnsley, England)

Rockingham is a ward in Barnsley of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Hoyland, Jump, Blacker Hill, Hoyland Common, Worsbrough, Worsbrough Bridge, Kendal Green, Rockley, Birdwell Common and Birdwell.

In the 2011 census the population of Rockingham was 11,062 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Rockingham is 42, while the median age is higher at 43.

96.6% of people living in Rockingham were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.7% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% India, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.0% Pakistan.

99.2% of people living in Rockingham speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Shona.

The religious make up of Rockingham is 70.0% Christian, 22.8% No religion, 0.1% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu. 693 people did not state a religion. 32 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

48.8% of people are married, 13.1% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.4% are separated or divorced. There are 589 widowed people living in Rockingham.

The top occupations listed by people in Rockingham are Skilled trades 15.9%, Elementary 12.6%, Administrative and secretarial 11.6%, Professional 11.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.7%, Sales and customer service 10.6%, Elementary administration and service 10.3%, Associate professional and technical 9.9%, Administrative 9.1%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.0%.