Coundon Demographics (County Durham, England)

Coundon is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Middlestone, Close House, Binchester, Millers Hill Estate, Westerton, Coundon Gate, Coronation, Eldon, Tottenham Estate, Coundon, New Coundon, Binchester Blocks, Newfield, Auckland Park, Leasingthorne, Coundon Grange, Leeholme, Eldon Lane and Todhills.

In the 2011 census the population of Coundon was 7,139 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Coundon is 40, while the median age is higher at 41.

96.2% of people living in Coundon were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.3% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Australia, 0.1% United States, 0.1% Hong Kong .

99.0% of people living in Coundon speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Malayalam, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% Russian.

The religious make up of Coundon is 74.5% Christian, 18.6% No religion, 0.2% Muslim, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh. 408 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.2% of people are married, 12.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 420 widowed people living in Coundon.

The top occupations listed by people in Coundon are Elementary 15.4%, Skilled trades 14.4%, Process, plant and machine operatives 12.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.5%, Elementary administration and service 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.7%, Administrative and secretarial 9.5%, Caring personal service 9.3%, Professional 9.3%, Sales 9.1%.