Darfield Demographics (Barnsley, England)

Darfield is a ward in Barnsley of Yorkshire and The Humber, England and includes areas of Doveside Estate, Darfield and Wombwell.

In the 2011 census the population of Darfield was 10,685 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

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

95.5% of people living in Darfield were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 0.8% Scotland, 0.4% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% India, 0.1% Bangladesh, 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Sri Lanka.

97.9% of people living in Darfield speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% All other Chinese, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% French, 0.1% Albanian, 0.1% Latvian.

The religious make up of Darfield is 68.8% Christian, 23.8% No religion, 0.3% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 680 people did not state a religion. 19 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

49.7% of people are married, 13.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 19.6% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.7% are separated or divorced. There are 570 widowed people living in Darfield.

The top occupations listed by people in Darfield are Skilled trades 14.2%, Sales and customer service 11.7%, Elementary 11.6%, Professional 11.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 11.3%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Administrative and secretarial 10.5%, Elementary administration and service 9.4%, Associate professional and technical 9.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 8.9%.