Darlington Census Demographics United Kingdom

In the 2011 census the population of Darlington was 105,564 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

91.6% of people living in Darlington were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% India, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Philippines.

97.4% of people living in Darlington speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.2% Bengali, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Lithuanian, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% German.

The religious make up of Darlington is 67.4% Christian, 23.7% No religion, 0.9% Muslim, 0.3% Sikh, 0.3% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic. 6,716 people did not state a religion. 301 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 9 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.3% of people are married, 12.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.1% are separated or divorced. There are 6,564 widowed people living in Darlington.

The top occupations listed by people in Darlington are Professional 15.2%, Administrative and secretarial 12.0%, Skilled trades 11.8%, Associate professional and technical 11.7%, Elementary 11.5%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Elementary administration and service 10.0%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.9%, Administrative 9.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.5%.