Old Moat Demographics (Manchester, England)

Old Moat is a ward in Manchester of North West, England and includes areas of Albert Park, Barlow Moor, Fielden Park, East Didsbury, Ford Bank, Parrs Wood, West Didsbury, Withington, Didsbury, Barlow Moor Road, Alma Park, Victoria Park, Alexandra Park, Willow Bank, Fallowfield and Ladybarn.

In the 2011 census the population of Old Moat was 14,490 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Old Moat is 31, while the median age is lower at 25.

75.2% of people living in Old Moat were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.2% Ireland, 2.0% Pakistan, 1.6% India, 1.6% Wales, 1.6% Northern Ireland, 1.5% Scotland, 0.9% North Africa, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.5% Iran.

88.8% of people living in Old Moat speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Urdu, 0.8% Polish, 0.7% Bengali, 0.6% Spanish, 0.5% Malayalam, 0.5% Panjabi, 0.4% Persian/Farsi, 0.4% Kurdish.

The religious make up of Old Moat is 44.5% Christian, 31.8% No religion, 11.6% Muslim, 1.3% Hindu, 0.9% Jewish, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.5% Sikh, 0.2% Agnostic. 1,067 people did not state a religion. 100 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 4 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

19.5% of people are married, 8.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 59.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.3% are separated or divorced. There are 537 widowed people living in Old Moat.

The top occupations listed by people in Old Moat are Professional 23.9%, Elementary 17.6%, Elementary administration and service 16.4%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Sales and customer service 11.3%, Administrative and secretarial 9.6%, Sales 8.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.7%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 7.8%, Administrative 7.5%.